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coiled

/koil/US // kɔɪl //UK // (kɔɪl) //

卷曲的,盘绕,卷曲,盘绕的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil.
    • : to wind on a flat surface into rings one around the other: He coiled the rope on the deck.
    • : to gather into loops: She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to form rings, spirals, etc.; gather or retract in a circular way: The snake coiled, ready to strike.
    • : to move in or follow a winding course: The river coiled through the valley.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
    • : a single such ring.
    • : an arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator.
    • : a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends.
    • : Medicine/Medical. an intrauterine device.
    • : Electricity. a conductor, as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or other form.a device composed essentially of such a conductor.ignition coil.
    • : Philately. a stamp issued in a roll, usually of 500 stamps, and usually perforated vertically or horizontally only.a roll of such stamps.

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Examples

  • MagSafe by AppleWireless charging that snaps into placeWireless charging works best when you place the device directly over the induction coil.

  • As a result, the iPhone 12 has a smaller wireless charging coil in the back, but it works more efficiently because it ensures you put the charger right in the sweet spot every time.

  • We recently analyzed the geometry and physics of how mammalian brains fold and how vertebrate intestines loop and coil.

  • When a person presses or releases the button, the magnet moves through a wire coil.

  • The coil allows the iPhone to realize when devices are attached.

  • Like a Jack in the Box just sprung from coiled captivity, he begins rambling excitedly.

  • But all of them add up to a coiled-up rage, ready to lash out at the nearest target.

  • Other models, such as string theory, propose more dimensions, but those are coiled up too small to be seen.

  • Then the snake coiled around the child and squeezed her to death.

  • The stories are splintered and refracted, the progressions coiled.

  • On his loins was a lion of great fierceness, and coiled round his waist was a hissing mamba (snake).

  • In other words, the crown of his head was to be shaven, and his long hair tightly coiled upon the bare place thus made.

  • The string of pearls was coiled up in the midst of the roll of soiled muslin and the badge was pinned to one of the folds.

  • She wore her hair quite smooth, with plaits coiled round the back of her head.

  • After a straight-away run of a hundred yards, it coiled serpentlike around the mountain's crest.