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uncoffined

/uhn-kaw-find, -kof-ind/US // ʌnˈkɔ fɪnd, -ˈkɒf ɪnd //

未入棺的,未入殓的,未入殓,未入棺

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not put into a coffin: an uncoffined corpse.

Examples

  • There were some tiny kists for children, but a great number of the bodies had been buried uncoffined.

  • Here the mourners gathered round to take a last look of the uncoffined corpses of the brave.

  • Here they would lie, uncoffined and unburied for years, moldering into dust, their cruel fate forever hidden from men.

  • "They say they must bury the corpses uncoffined soon," Joseph heard him whisper to his foreman as he passed by.

  • He cites the burial fees paid to the parson as twice as much for coffined as for uncoffined corpses.