boil
- v.煮;被煮(或烫洗);(使)沸腾;煮沸;怒火中烧;用沸水煮(或烫洗);(把壶、锅等)里面的水烧开
- n.沸点;沸腾;疖;皮下脓肿;黄水疮
boilverb
（使）沸腾；煮沸；烧开
when a liquid boils or when you boil it, it is heated to the point where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour
The water was bubbling and boiling away.
水在咕嘟咕嘟地沸腾着。
Boil plenty of salted water, then add the spaghetti.
把足量的盐水烧开，再放入意大利面条。
（把壶、锅等）里面的水烧开
when a kettle, pan, etc. boils or when you boil a kettle, etc., it is heated until the water inside it boils
I'll boil the kettle and make some tea.
我来烧壶开水泡点茶。
The kettle's boiling.
壶开了。
She left the gas on by mistake and the pan boiled dry (= the water boiled until there was none left) .
她忘了关煤气，结果把锅烧干了。
用沸水煮（或烫洗）；被煮（或烫洗）
to cook or wash sth in boiling water; to be cooked or washed in boiling water
She put some potatoes on to boil.
她煮了些土豆。
boiled carrots/cabbage
水煮胡萝卜 / 卷心菜
to boil an egg for sb
给某人煮个鸡蛋
to boil sb an egg
给某人煮个鸡蛋
怒火中烧；异常气愤
if you boil with anger, etc. or anger, etc. boils inside you, you are very angry
He was boiling with rage.
他怒不可遏。
to make sb extremely angry
used to say that when you are impatient for sth to happen, time seems to pass very slowly
（使）煮浓，熬浓
to be reduced or to reduce sth by boiling
概括；归纳；压缩
to make sth, especially information, shorter by leaving out the parts that are not important
The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes.
我写的演讲原稿被压缩到了大约十分钟。
归结为；基本问题是
to have sth as a main or basic part
In the end, what it all boils down to is money, or the lack of it.
问题的症结是钱，或者说是缺钱。
（局势、情绪等）进入危急关头，令人担忧
if a situation or an emotion boils up , it becomes dangerous, worrying, etc.
I could feel anger boiling up inside me.
我感到怒火中烧。
把（液体或食物）烧开
to heat a liquid or some food until it boils
noun
沸腾；沸点
a period of boiling; the point at which liquid boils
Bring the soup to the boil , then allow it to simmer for five minutes.
把汤煮开，然后文火煮五分钟。
Bring the soup to a boil .
把汤煮开。
疖；皮下脓肿；黄水疮
a painful infected swelling under the skin which is full of a thick yellow liquid (called pus )
less good than before
节目的续集的确逊色一些。
The second series of the show really went off the boil.
very active
我们热火朝天地同时上马了几个项目。
We have several projects all on the boil at once.
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V-ERG （使）达到沸点；（使）沸腾；（使）烧开
When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil...
我站在厨房，等着水烧开。
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V-ERG 使（水壶或锅里的水）烧开
When you boil a kettle or pan, or put it on to boil, you heat the water inside it until it boils.He had nothing to do but boil the kettle and make the tea...
他除了烧水沏茶以外无事可做。
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VERB （水壶或平底锅里的水）烧开，沸腾
When a kettle or pan is boiling, the water inside it has reached boiling point.Is the kettle boiling?
壶里的水开了吗？
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V-ERG 用开水煮；在开水中煮
When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water.Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice...
把鹰嘴豆放在开水中煮，并加入大蒜和柠檬汁。
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VERB 愤怒；怒火中烧
If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry.I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage.
我过去常常是外表看上去轻松愉快，而内心却怒火中烧。
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N-COUNT 疖子；疔
A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus. -
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PHRASE (使)沸腾；（使）达到沸点
When you bring a liquid to the boil, you heat it until it boils. When it comes to the boil, it begins to boil.Put water, butter and lard into a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
把水、黄油和猪油倒入平底锅，然后慢火煮沸。
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to make someone's blood boil→ see:blood
noun
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- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
- they brought the water to a boil
- Synonym: boiling point
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- a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- Synonym: furuncle
verb
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- immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
- boil potatoes
- boil wool
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- bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
- boil this liquid until it evaporates
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- come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
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- be in an agitated emotional state
- The customer was seething with anger
- Synonym: seethe
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- be agitated
- the sea was churning in the storm
- Synonym: churn moil roil
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Boil the rice for 20 minutes .
将米煮20分钟。
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She put some potatoes on to boil .
她煮了些土豆。
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We have several projects all on the boil at once .
我们热火朝天地同时上马了几个项目。
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I could feel anger boiling up inside me .
我感到怒火中烧。
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Bring the water to the boil .
把水烧开。
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The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes .
我写的演讲原稿被压缩到了大约十分钟。
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The water 's just about to boil .
水马上就要开了。
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She left the gas on by mistake and the pan boiled dry .
她忘了关煤气，结果把锅烧干了。
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The water was bubbling and boiling away .
水在咕嘟咕嘟地沸腾着。
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The water boiled away .
水烧干了。
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Boil plenty of salted water , then add the spaghetti .
把足量的盐水烧开，再放入意大利面条。
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Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes .
煮几分钟把汤熬浓。
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You must be boiling in that sweater !
你穿着那件毛衣一定很热！
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In the end , what it all boils down to is money , or the lack of it .
问题的症结是钱，或者说是缺钱。
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These vegetables have had all the goodness boiled out of them .
这些蔬菜的营养都被煮掉了。
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Rinse the cooked pasta with boiling water .
将做熟的面食在开水里过一下。
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Bring the soup to a boil .
把汤煮开。
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Oughtn 't the water to have boiled by now ?
水现在该开了吧？
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Bring the soup to the boil , then allow it to simmer for five minutes .
把汤煮开，然后文火煮五分钟。
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Steam rose from the boiling kettle .
壶里的水开了，冒着蒸汽。
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A cut-out stops the kettle boiling dry .
断流装置避免水壶烧干。
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He was boiling with rage .
他怒不可遏。
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The kettle 's boiling .
壶开了。
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Check every 20 minutes that the water has not boiled away .
每过20分钟检查一下以防水烧干。
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What they want boils down to just one thing . It is land
他们说穿了就是想要一样东西，那就是土地。
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The boiling point of water is 373 K
水的沸点是373开氏度。
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Water can be purified by boiling for five minutes .
水煮沸5分钟便可得到净化。
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Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half
煮20分钟，直到液体体积减半。
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Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just in case it is needed .
身边应多准备一些开水，以备不时之需。
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When everybody else is boiling hot , I 'm freezing !
当其他所有人都酷热难耐时，我却冻得够呛！
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