casket

casket
noun
  1. a small ornamental box or chest for holding jewels, letters, or other valuable objects
    (收藏珠宝、信件或其他贵重物品的)小装饰箱(或柜)
    ■(Brit.)a small wooden box for cremated ashes
    (英)骨灰盒
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a coffin
    (主 北美)棺材
语源
  1. late Middle English: perhaps an Anglo-Norman French form of Old French cassette, diminutive of casse (see case)
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