coffers

/kaw-fer, kof-er/US // ˈkɔ fər, ˈkɒf ər //UK // (ˈkɒfə) //

国库,库房,国库的,国库的情况

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a box or chest, especially one for valuables.
- : coffers, a treasury; funds: The coffers of the organization were rapidly filled by the contributions.
- : any of various boxlike enclosures, as a cofferdam.
- : Also called caisson, lacunar. Architecture. one of a number of sunken panels, usually square or octagonal, in a vault, ceiling, or soffit.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to deposit or lay up in or as in a coffer or chest.
- : to ornament with coffers or sunken panels.

nounlarge box

Synonyms

Soon his coffers were overflowing with revenue from rubber, palm oil, and ivory.
Five, the tens or arguably hundreds of millions of dollars in dark money that flowed from corporate sources into GOP coffers.
We on my side say: unionization, massive public investments, a tax rate that kept the coffers full, a few other things.
Unfortunately, the interim left the property operating at a loss, its coffers drained.
Ukraine is currently in its third recession since 2008, and is seeing foreign reserve coffers at their lowest levels since 2006.
Railway expectations ran high; immense traffic receipts, sorely needed, ought to have swelled the coffers of the companies.
The grateful cowmen should throw at least another five thousand into ye editor's coffers.
Before these marvels, where shone all the gold of his coffers, the Nabob had a sudden feeling of admiration and of pride.
We must allow that the saddles were not paid for, and that the coffers were empty, but still it made a magnificent effect.
Three coffers whose depth is not known: the coffers of a chieftain, of the Church, of a privileged poet.