1·The coffins stood in the baking heat surrounded by mourners.
这些棺材停在炙热的高温之下，四周围着哀悼的人们。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·They slept in coffins all day and came out only at night.
白天他们都睡在棺材里面，只在夜里出来活动。
3·I remember how the black plumes of smoke looked against that blue sky, and I remember how that blue lingered for days and weeks and months as I attended countless memorials with empty coffins.
我记得黑色的浓烟是如何反衬着蓝天，我同样记得在我参加无数次只有空棺材的纪念仪式时，这样的蓝色一天天一周周一月月地徘徊着。
4·The white and grey tiled building is a corpse hotel, its 18 deceased guests tucked up in refrigerated coffins.
这栋白墙灰瓦的建筑是一座存尸所，有18位具尸体被安放在冷冻的棺材里。
5·South Africa's Working for Water program has come up with a solution to the spiraling funeral costs - use wood from invasive trees to produce coffins.
为应对暴涨的丧葬费用，南非“致力于保护水资源”项目制定了一个解决方案-用外来入侵树种制造棺材。