- 1（把捲成圈的東西）鬆開、伸展開；（蛇、繩等）舒展開來
To straighten out from a wound-up, circular shape — or to make something do that. It works both ways: you can uncoil a rope ('She uncoiled the hose and turned on the tap'), or the thing can uncoil by itself ('The snake uncoiled slowly in the sun').
To straighten out指的是伸直開來 from a wound-up, circular shape從原本捲成圈的形狀 or to make something do that或是讓某個東西這樣做 It works both ways它兩種用法都有 you can uncoil a rope你可以uncoil一條繩子 ('She uncoiled the hose and turned on the tap')('She uncoiled the hose and turned on the tap') or the thing can uncoil by itself或者東西自己uncoil ('The snake uncoiled slowly in the sun')('The snake uncoiled slowly in the sun')
Long, flexible things are what uncoil: rope, wire, hose, cable, a spring, a snake's body.
Long, flexible things are what uncoil會uncoil的是那些長長、有彈性的東西 rope, wire, hose, cable, a spring, a snake's body繩子、電線、水管、纜線、彈簧、蛇的身體
Because a snake is ready to strike and an uncoiling one is relaxing, writers use the word to suggest tension letting go — 'He felt the fear uncoil in his chest', 'Her body uncoiled from the chair'. That figurative use is common in novels.
Because a coiled snake is ready to strike因為捲起來的蛇是準備要攻擊 and an uncoiling one is relaxing而正在uncoil的蛇是在放鬆 writers use the word to suggest tension letting go作家會用這個字來暗示緊張感正在放鬆 'He felt the fear uncoil in his chest''He felt the fear uncoil in his chest' 'Her body uncoiled from the chair''Her body uncoiled from the chair' That figurative use is common in novels這種比喻用法在小說裡很常見
The opposite is 'coil' (to wind up), and 'uncoil' always implies the thing was wound up first.
The opposite is 'coil' (to wind up)它的反義字是'coil'(捲起來) and 'uncoil' always implies the thing was wound up first而'uncoil'永遠暗示那個東西原本是被捲起來的
core核心畫面
組成un-（解除、反向）+ coil（把…捲成圈）。這裡的 un- 不是「不」，而是「把動作倒回去」——像 undo、unlock 一樣。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
uncoilverb/ʌnˈkɔɪəl/
- 1
To unwind or untwist (something).
- Can you help me uncoil this rope?
- I was walking up and down, putting her to sleep one evening, when I found myself treading on something most repulsively soft; and as I did so, the reptile uncoiled itself and quietly glided off the verandah.
- 2
To unwind or untwist oneself.
- The snake uncoiled and prepared to strike.
- 3
derogatoryrareslangTo defecate.
- Indians defecate everywhere. They defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. But they also defecate on the beaches; they defecate on the hills; they defecate on the river banks; they defecate on the streets; they never look for cover ... the one thing we can and must learn from the West is the science of municipal sanitation.' They do uncoil anywhere and everywhere. It is a great mingling of cow, dog, goat and human feces. sh!t dust is in the air.
- Ah the remittance power is slowly going to die a slow death, but the only impact will be that street shitter slumdogs will go up also. From 70% to 90% will uncoil on side walks and railway tracks. The rest 10% will either die of starvation or escape the paradise to live in Christian or a Muslim country. America has already cancelled H1 visas and is deporting illegal Hindus back to the Indian paradise. EU including UK must do the same so should the remaining Arab states.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。