[/bɔɪl; bɔɪl/] n (usu painful) infected swelling under the skin, producing pus （常为疼痛的）皮下脓肿. boil 2
[/bɔɪl; bɔɪl/] v用法:
1 (a) [I] (of a liquid) bubble up and change to vapour by being heated （指液体）沸腾; （水）开:
When water boils it turns into steam. 水沸腾而变成蒸汽. *
The kettle (ie The water in the kettle) is boiling. 壶（里的水）开了. *
Have the potatoes (ie Has the water in which the potatoes are being cooked) boiled yet? 煮马铃薯的水开了吗? =>Usage at water1 用法见 water1.
(b) [I, Ip] ~ (away) continue to boil 不断沸腾:
There's a saucepan boiling away on the stove. 炉子上锅里的水一直开著. 用法:
2 [Tn] cause (a liquid) to boil 使（液体）沸腾:
boil some water for the rice 把水煮开做饭. 用法:
3 [I, Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr] ~ sth (for sb) cook or wash sth in boiling water 用开水煮或洗某物:
boiled cabbage, carrots, potatoes, etc 煮熟的洋白菜、胡萝卜、马铃薯等 *
Please boil me an egg/boil an egg for me. 请给我煮一个鸡蛋. =>Usage at cook 用法见 cook. 用法:
4 [I, Ip] be very angry or agitated 愤怒; 激动:
He was boiling (over) with rage. 他怒火中烧. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) boil `dry (of a liquid) boil until there is none left （指液体）煮乾:
Don't let the pan boil dry. 别把锅里的水煮乾了. keep the pot boiling => pot1. make sb's blood boil => blood1. 用法:
6 (phr v) boil (sth) away (cause sth to) boil until nothing remains; evaporate (sth) （使某物）烧乾; 使（某物）蒸发:
The water in the kettle had all boiled away. 壶里的水完全烧乾了. boil (sth) down reduce or be reduced by boiling 煮浓; 熬浓. boil sth down (to sth) (infml) summarize sth; condense sth 归纳（某事物）; 浓缩某事物:
Could you boil that article down to 400 words? 你能把这篇文章缩写成400字吗? boil down to sth (be able to) be summarized as sth （能）归结为某事物:
The issue really boils down to a clash between left and right. 这场争论确实可归结为左派与右派之间的冲突. boil over (a) (of liquid in a pan, etc) boil and flow over the side of a pan, etc （指锅等容器中的液体）沸腾而溢出:
The milk is boiling over. 牛奶沸腾得溢出来了.
(b) (infml) be very angry 非常恼火.
(C) (of a situation, quarrel, etc) reach a point of crisis; explode （指形势、争论等）达到危急关头; 爆发:
The crisis is i boil 3
n 用法:
1 act of boiling 沸腾. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) be on the `boil be boiling 沸腾著. bring sth to the `boil heat sth until it boils 将某物煮至沸腾:
Bring the mixture to the boil, then let it simmer for ten minutes. 把混合物煮至沸腾, 然後再用文火煮十分钟. come to the `boil begin to boil 开始沸腾. off the `boil having just stopped boiling 停止沸腾:
(fig infml 比喻, 口) He began by playing brilliantly but he's rather gone off the boil (ie he has begun playing less well) in the last few minutes. 一开始他表现得非常出色, 但最後几分钟就不怎麽好了. |