catafalque

/kat-uh-fawk, -fawlk, -falk/US // ˈkæt əˌfɔk, -ˌfɔlk, -ˌfælk //UK // (ˈkætəˌfælk) //

猫咪,棺材板,棺材架,棺材

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a raised structure on which the body of a deceased person lies or is carried in state.
- : a hearse.

nouncoffin

Synonyms

All day long and through the night a stream of people filed reverently by the catafalque.
The said alcaldes-in-ordinary and two regidors assisted the fiscal auditor as managers in the construction of that catafalque.
The body had been placed on a rich catafalque, beneath a canopy of velvet.
Then he rose, as pale as death, and walked up the steps of the catafalque.
His helmet and breast-plate are always laid upon the catafalque.