coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
形容词windup
operated by a mechanism
例句
用作名词(n.)
She gets mad when you wake her up so early.你这么早叫醒她,她被激怒了。
His manner really got my blood up.他的态度确实激怒了我。
用作形容词(adj.)
It doesn't work now, for the person who wound it up lost interest in extending time.上发条的人失去延续时间的兴趣。
One would have said that he was a pendulum which was no longer wound up, and whose oscillations were growing shorter before ceasing altogether.好比一个没有拧上发条的钟,钟摆摇晃的距离逐渐缩短,在等待完全的停止。