English Dictionary

overwind

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwaɪnd/

verb

(transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively. / To twist itself more tightly.

Be careful not to overwind the clock.

意味（1）

(transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively.

People also come in full of misgivings about overwinding their watches. You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it, said McKelvey.

意味（2）

To twist itself more tightly.

DNA's helical structure implies that twisting and stretching should be coupled, hence the prediction that DNA should unwind when stretched […] That is why it was such surprise when we directly measured twist-stretch coupling to find instead DNA overwinds when stretched.