单词 | coiled |
释义 | coiledadj. 1. Disposed in a coil n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s) twinedc1300 wounda1382 wreathenc1400 wrinkledc1403 wreathedc1425 whorlish1562 folded1570 writhen1584 upwound1590 entortilled1629 coiled1661 whirled1715 whirl-shaped1762 crinkum-crankum1766 convoluted1811 gyrated1822 rounded1845 vorticiform1849 looped1850 vorticose1870 convolute1874 gyrate1876 swirled1909 snake-spiral1922 1661 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) 92 These small coyled particles of the Air. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 82 Coyled hawsers, a bight of a cable. 1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 508 Leaves egg-shaped, slightly woolly, coiled. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 114/1 The cyst..contains a minute coiled-up worm. 1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude xiv. 354 A hedgehog..His coiled-up prey. 2. a. Of or pertaining to a method of basket-making based on a spirally coiled foundation. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > basket-making > [adjective] > specific processes coiled1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Basketry Coiled basketry. 1923 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. xiii. 384 Of other elements specific to the Patagonian region, there might be mentioned coiled basketry. 1933 C. Crampton Canework (ed. 6) i. 8 The oldest basket-work that has come down to us is the coiled, or as we term it, Indian work. 1933 C. Crampton Canework (ed. 6) i. 8 An Indian woman making a coiled basket. 1936 Discovery June 171/1 Other cultural features of the Hamites are round shields..and coiled basketry. b. coiled ware n. pottery constructed from rolls or coils of clay. Cf. coiling n. d. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery made in specific way studio pottery1910 coiled ware1931 1931 Discovery Jan. 3/2 Their contributions to the craft included coiled ware sometimes decorated with thumbnail incisions. c. coiled coil n. in a lamp: a doubly spiralled filament; frequently (with hyphen) attributive; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > parts of light fixture1888 dimmer switch1896 lamp-cap1899 flasher1909 light switch1912 bayonet cap1914 light button1928 light cord1930 coiled coil1935 minuterie1955 wallwasher1966 1935 Economist 29 June 1509/2 The coming of the coiled-coil lamp constituted further progress in the efficiency of lamps. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 174/2 Coiled-coil filament, a spiral filament for an electric lamp which is coiled into a further helix in order to reduce radiation losses and enable it to be run at a higher temperature. 1951 G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-making (ed. 2) iii. 38 A special form of projection lamp with concentrated coiled-coil filaments. 1962 Times 13 Apr. 19/6 X-ray and analogous evidence..has been lately reported to be consistent with a coiled-coil type of structure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmascoiled coiled adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that has been beaten chastisedc1440 scourged1543 coiled1569 lashed1611 well-disciplined1660 flogged1836 lickeda1896 tanned1905 1569 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises Knave, slave and villain! a coild cote now and than. < adj.1661 as lemmas |
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