释义 |
coil something/yourself around something collocation to twist something around another thing: The snake seized the child and coiled itself around her body. She caught up the loosened braid and swiftly coiled it around the top of her head. See
coil It feeds on other plants, coiling its wirelike stems around its host. Around the lion-headed man is coiled the serpent of the sun. The grassy path coils its way around the hill. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distortion entwine flex flexion flexural swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag |