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boil

verb

noun

bɔɪl verb

1 when a liquid boils, or when you boil it, it becomes hot enough to turn into gas （使）沸腾，煮沸，烧开 I,T

[+ at ]

The solution boiled at 57.4˚C.

溶液在 57.4 摄氏度时沸腾。

Put the spaghetti into plenty of boiling salted water.

把意大利面放入大量煮沸的盐水中。

We were advised to boil the water before drinking it.

有人建议我们把这水烧开后再喝。

2 to cook something in boiling water 〔用开水〕煮（食物） I,T

a boiled egg

一个煮鸡蛋

Boil the rice for 15 minutes.

米饭煮 15 分钟。

She fried the chicken and put the vegetables on to boil .

她把鸡肉炸了炸，再把蔬菜放进去煮。

3 if something containing liquid boils, the liquid inside it is boiling （使）〔容器里的液体〕沸腾，烧开 I,T

The kettle’s boiling – shall I turn it off?

水壶里的水开了－我把它关了好吗？

The saucepan boiled dry on the stove.

锅在炉子上烧乾了。

4 to wash something, using boiling water 〔用开水〕洗 T

I always boil the cotton sheets.

我总是用开水洗棉质床单。

5 if you are boiling with anger, you are extremely angry 发怒，发火 I

[+ with ]

Lewis was boiling with rage and misery.

刘易斯恼羞成怒。

6 if a liquid boils away, it disappears because it has been heated too much 煮乾; 汽化

The soup’s almost boiled away.

汤几乎要烧乾了。

boil down to sth

if a long statement, argument etc boils down to a single statement, that statement is the main point or cause [非正式] 要点是某事，归结为某事 informal

It boils down to a question of priorities.

归根到底是事情轻重缓急的问题。

boil sth down

↔ to make a list or piece of writing shorter by not including anything that is not necessary 压缩〔清单或文章〕

You can boil this down so that there are just two main categories.

你可以把它压缩一下，只分两个大类。

9 if a food or liquid boils down, or if you boil it down, it becomes less after it is cooked 煮稠，浓缩，缩掉

Spinach tends to boil down a lot.

菠菜一煮就会缩掉许多。

boil sth ↔ down

glue made from boiling down old sheepskins

用旧羊皮熬制的胶水

10 if a liquid boils over when it is heated, it rises and flows over the side of the container 沸腾而溢出

The milk was boiling over on the stove behind her.

她身后炉子上的牛奶煮沸溢出来了。

11 if a situation or an emotion boils over, the people involved stop being calm 〔局面或感情〕控制不住，爆发

All the bitterness of the last two years seemed to boil over.

过去两年里的所有苦痛似乎全都爆发了出来。

[+ into ]

Anger eventually boils over into words that are later regretted.

愤怒的情绪终于控制不住，变成了一句句气愤的话语，事后又追悔莫及。

12 if a situation or an emotion boils up, bad feelings grow until they reach a dangerous level 〔局面或情绪〕发展到危险程度

She could sense that trouble was boiling up at work.

她感觉到办公室里要出大乱子了。

He could feel the anger boiling up inside him.

他感觉到自己怒火中烧。

boil sth up

↔ to heat food or a liquid until it begins to boil 把〔食物或液体〕煮开，将〔食物或液体〕煮沸

Boil the fruit up with sugar.

把水果加糖煮沸。

noun

the boil a boil

; a boil AmE [美] the act or state of boiling 煮沸; 沸腾 BrE AmE

Add the seasoning and bring the sauce to the boil .

加入调料，把调味汁煮开。

She waited for the water to come to the boil (=begin to boil) .

她等水烧开。

15 a painful infected swelling under someone’s skin 疖子， C

The boy’s body is covered in boils.

这个男孩满身是疖子。

go off the boil

to become less good at something that you are usually very good at [英] 不如从前，生疏了 BrE

He’s gone off the boil after a tournament win in Dubai.

他在迪拜的锦标赛中夺冠后就开始走下坡路了。