catafalque
n.灵柩台,灵柩车
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catafalque为短语/超纲词汇
catafalque
/'kætəfælk; `kætə,fælk/
n decorated platform on which the coffin of a distinguished person lies before or during a funeral 灵柩台.
catafalque
n[C]formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian;Origin: catafalco, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum 'stage, platform, scaffold', from Greek kata- ( CATACLYSM) + Latin fala 'movable wooden structure for attacking towns']
a decorated raised structure on which the dead body of an important person is placed before their funeral