coffer

n 1 [C] large strong box for holding money or other valuables; chest 保险柜; 保险箱; 箱子. 2 coffers [pl] (fml 文) store of money; treasury; funds 金库; 资金: The nation's coffers are empty. 国库空虚. 3 [C] (architecture 建) ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, etc 镶板; 藻井（天花板、 圆屋顶等凹陷的装饰镶嵌板）. 4 (also `coffer-dam) [C] watertight structure built or placed round an area of water which can then be pumped dry to allow building work (eg on a bridge) to be done inside it 围堰; 沉箱.

codswallop, coed, coeducation, coeducational, coefficient, coerce, coercion, coercive, coeval, coexist, coexistence, coffee, coffee bar, coffee bean, coffee grinder (also `coffee-mill), coffee shop, coffee tree, coffee-house, coffee-pot, coffee-table, coffin, cog, cog-railway, cog-wheel, cogency, cogent, cogently, cogitate, cogitation, cognac, cognate, cognition, cognitive, cognizance, cognizant, cognoscente, cohabit, cohabitation, cohere, coherence,