1640s, from French catafalque (17c.), from Italian catafalco "scaffold," from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Greek kata- "down" (see cata-), used in Medieval Latin with a sense of "beside, alongside" + fala "scaffolding, wooden siege tower," a word said to be of Etruscan origin. The Medieval Latin word also yielded Old French chaffaut, chafaud (Modern French échafaud) "scaffold."
实用例句
1. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments.
一个灵柩台出现在我面前, 上面躺着一个裹着葬服的尸体.
来自辞典例句
2. Catafalque He + Ar + Se Increases the levels of summoning and bone spells.
