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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coil \Coil\, v. i.
   To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to
   wind; -- often with about or around.

         You can see his flery serpents . . . Coiting, playing
         in the water.                            --Longfellow.

Coil \Coil\, n.
   1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or
      other like thing, is wound.

            The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from
            trec to tree.                         --W. Irving.

   2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

   3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a
      steam heating apparatus.

   {Induction coil}. (Elec.) See under {Induction}.

   {Ruhmkorff's coil} (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so
      called from Ruhmkorff, a prominent manufacturer of the
      apparatus.

Coil \Coil\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.]
   A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak.

Coil \Coil\ (koil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coiled} (koild); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Coiling}.] [OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect,
   gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See
   {Legend}, and cf. {Cull}, v. t., {Collect}.]
   1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when
      not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

   2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.]
      --T. Edwards.

資料來源 : WordNet®

coil
     v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves
          of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black
          smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people
          gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: {gyrate}, {spiral}]
     2: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter
        hand-builds all of her vessels" [syn: {handbuild}, {hand-build}]
     3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: {loop}, {curl}]
        [ant: {uncoil}]

coil
     n 1: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
          series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: {spiral}, {volute},
           {whorl}, {helix}]
     2: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn:
         {whorl}, {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}]
     3: a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a
        gasoline engine
     4: a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
     5: tubing that is wound in a spiral
     6: reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that
        introduces inductance into a circuit