a tall decorated container, especially one used for holding the ashes of a dead person Topics Life stagesc2瓮;(尤指)骨灰缸 a large metal container with a tap, used for making and/or serving tea or coffee (带龙头的)茶水桶,咖啡桶 a tea urn 茶水桶 an urn filled with hot soup 装满热汤的瓮
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin urna; related to urceus ‘pitcher’.