coil

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

coils

1.
Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
the sinuous coils of a snake
2.
Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
3.
(electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
Đồng nghĩa: inductor
4.
A cylinder of clay.
5.
(figuratively)(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
6.
(now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
7.
(informal, slang)A wad of cash.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

coils

V_ing/Gerund

coiling

V_ed/pp

coiled

1.
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
Đồng nghĩa: spire
2.
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
3.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
to coil a rope when not in use
The snake coiled itself before springing.
4.
To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
5.
(obsolete, rare)To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (to gather, pluck, pick, cull) (modern cueillir), from Latin colligō (to gather together), past participle collectus, from com- (together) + legō (to gather); compare legend. cull.