sarcophagus

noun
🔊/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/
🔊/sɑːrˈkɑːfəɡəs/
(plural sarcophagi
🔊/sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ/
🔊/sɑːrˈkɑːfəɡaɪ/
)
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  1. a stone coffin (= box that a dead person is buried in), especially one that is decorated, used in ancient times(尤指古代有雕饰的)石棺Topics Life stagesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ + -phagos ‘-eating’.