Coiled

(adj.) curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); 'a coiled snake ready to strike'; 'the rope lay coiled on the deck' .

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• His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, removed out of the way, and coiled up as if afraid of being inadvertently trodden upon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In the complete obscurity, Birkin found a comparatively sheltered nook, where a great rope was coiled up. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• At night, naked and scarcely pro tected from the wind and rain of this tempestuous c limate, they slept on the wet ground coiled up like animals. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The strength of a motor may be increased by replacing the singly coiled armature by one closely wound on an iron core; in some armatures there are thousands of turns of wire. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Plante coiled up his sheets into a very handy cell like a little roll of carpet or pastry; but the trouble was that the battery took a long time to form. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• If we represent a boiler by _B_, a radiator by the coiled tube, and a safety tank by _C_, we shall have a very fair illustration of the principle of a hot-water heating system. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• George went away then with the bouquet; but when he gave it to the owner, there lay a note, coiled like a snake among the flowers. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In it is coiled the mainspring--a strip of steel about twenty-three inches long, which is carefully tempered to insure elasticity and pull. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Near the middle of the book he found his old enemy, Sabor, the lioness, and further on, coiled Histah, the snake. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The rope came in tight and strained; and ring after ring was coiled upon the barrel of the windlass, and all eyes were fastened on the pit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Tarzan coiled his rope. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• An electro-magnet is a piece of iron temporarily converted into a magnet by means of a current of electricity sent through a wire which is coiled around it. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• First a wire, somewhat finer than that which was to be used for the pin, was coiled around a spit on a lathe. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In order that the steam which passes through the coiled tube may be quickly cooled and condensed, cold water is made to circulate around the coil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• They had shrunk past homeless people, lying coiled up in nooks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• In one narrow street (but none of them are wide) I saw three dogs lying coiled up, about a foot or two apart. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We saw in Section 296 that a coiled wire through which current was flowing would attract iron filings at the two ends of the helix. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• His rope he now held coiled in his right hand; he was almost ready for the kill. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The coiled pipe C is in the nature of a flattened tube, as shown in the enlarged cross section, and is enclosed in a case. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Around many a dusky neck hung curiously coiled strands of wire, while several were further ornamented by huge nose rings. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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