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
late Middle English: perhaps an Anglo-Norman French form of Old French cassette, diminutive of casse (see case)