catafalque

catafalque

美 ['kætəfælk] 　英 ['kætəfælk]

• n.灵柩台
• 网络灵柩车；灵棺；停灵台

词形变化

复数：catafalques  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 灵柩台;灵柩车

英英解释

n.	1. a raised and decorated platform on which the coffin of a distinguished person lies in state before or during a funeral 2. in the Roman Catholic Church, a structure resembling a coffin that is used to represent a dead person at a requiem mass given after the person's funeral

例句

Mr Byrd's coffin was brought to the Senate and laid on the same catafalque that was used at Abraham Lincoln's state funeral.

伯德的棺材被抬入参议院，放置于当年亚伯拉罕•林肯国葬时使用的同一张灵柩抬上。