单词	coiled
释义	coilcoil1 /kɔɪl/ ●○○ (also coil up) verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcoil1 Origin: 1500-1600 Old French coillir, cuillir ‘to gather’ Verb Table VERB TABLE coil Simple Form Present I, you, we, they coil he, she, it coils Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they coiled Present perfect I, you, we, they have coiled he, she, it has coiled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had coiled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will coil Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have coiled Continuous Form Present I am coiling he, she, it is coiling you, we, they are coiling Past I, he, she, it was coiling you, we, they were coiling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been coiling he, she, it has been coiling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been coiling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be coiling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been coiling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A student discovered the 12-foot python coiled in a corner of the classroom. Wrap the bar with heavy string, coiling it tightly for safety. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As she hurried to grab a taxi to the hotel she could feel her stomach coiling into knots of dread. He bumbled around for a bit, trying to coil up the string and push the wood into tidy heaps. He stood for a while watching the headlights coil down the canyon road. It took a minute to turn the handle 60 times and fully coil the spring. Quickly coiling the bow line, he raised the main, then back to the cockpit. Rachel didn't like the tension coiling in her stomach at the thought of that. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto bend something► bend to make something have a curved shape, or to fold something at an angle, by pushing or pressing it: · Someone had bent the aerial.· He bent the wire into an 'S' shape.bend something back/down etc: · We had to bend the branches back so we could get through the bushes and back onto the path. ► twist to bend and turn something several times, such as a piece of wire, cloth, or rope, especially in order to tie it to something or make something with it: · Laura twisted the handkerchief in her hands nervously.· We twisted a wire coathanger and used it to open the car door.twist something into/around/through etc: · Her long blonde hair was twisted into a knot on the back of her head. ► coil/coil up to wind or twist into a round shape, or to wind or twist something in this way: · The snake had coiled itself in a corner of the cage.coil up something/coil something up: · They coiled up the rope and put it away. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► shuffled off this mortal coil  when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil (=died) ► a snake coils itself around something · The snake coiled itself around the branch. ► a coil of wire · The coil of barbed wire will be used for a fence. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► mortal coil Morse and Meldrew both shuffled off this mortal coil and the telly world is diminished by their passing. Times had certainly changed since he had shuffled off the old mortal coil. to wind or twist into a series of rings, or to make something do this:  The snake coiled around the branches of the tree. Her long hair was coiled up in a plait at the top of her head. He coiled the rope.—coiled adjective [only before noun]
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