| 释义 |
coil
I. \ˈkȯil, esp before pause or consonant -ȯiəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : noisy disturbance : tumult, turmoil
2.
a. : a troublesome activity or disturbance especially over a trifling matter : a great ado : fuss
< here's a coil raised, a pother and for what — Robert Browning >
b. : worldly activities, affairs, or troubles
< in that sleep of death … when we have shuffled off this mortal coil — Shakespeare >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French coillir to collect, gather together — more at cull
transitive verb
1. : to wind (something long and pliable, as a rope) into rings laid within or on top of one another or wound spirally about an object
< the snake coiled itself about its victim >
< she coiled her hair at the back of her head >
2. : to encircle and hold with or as if with coils
3. : to roll or twist (as oneself) into a shape resembling a coil
< she coiled herself upon the bed with a book >
intransitive verb
: to move in a circular, spiral, or winding course
< under the image on the water the water coils and goes — R.P.Warren >
: form a coil : lie in coils : wind
Synonyms: see wind
III. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a series of loops or a spiral (as of a flexible strand or sheet)
< her hair hung in neat coils >
: an arrangement of something in a spiral or in concentric rings
< large coils of sheet metal >
b. : a single loop or part of such a coil
< the town nearly enclosed by a coil of the river >
2. : a helix or spiral of insulated wire wound on a spool or other structure usually for electromagnetic effect or for providing resistance
3. : a series of connected pipes in rows, layers, or windings (as in steam-heating or water-heating apparatus)
4. : a roll of postage stamps for use in a stamp machine or other type of stamps dispenser; also : a stamp from such a roll
5.
a. : the action of coiling, winding up, or tensing (as of a spring)
< the better coil in the legs, the greater spring for lift — H.O.Crisler >
b. coils plural : something resembling a coil or a coiling (as of rope) in that it binds, restricts, or entangles
< wrestled with the coils of convention — Clive Bell >
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect : haycock
V. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: cock
< coiling hay > |