coil1 /kɔɪl/ ●○○ (also coil up) verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] BENDto wind or twist into a series of rings, or to make something do this (使)卷缠;(使)盘绕 The snake coiled around the branches of the tree. 这条蛇盘在树枝上。
Her long hair was coiled up in a plait at the top of her head. 她的长发编成辫子盘在头顶。
He coiled the rope. 他把绳子卷了起来。
—coiled adjectiveadj [only before noun]