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boil 1 AHD[boil] D.J.[bɔɪl]K.K.[bɔɪl]v.（动词）boiled, boil.ing, boils v.intr.（不及物动词）- To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:沸腾蒸发：由于加热，从液体变成气体：All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.水都烧开了，剩下一个空壶
- To reach the boiling point.煮开：达到沸点
- To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.在沸水中煮，尤指烹煮
- To be in a state of agitation; seethe:翻腾：处于翻滚状态；翻腾：a river boiling over the rocks.河水翻腾，拍打岩岸
- To be stirred up or greatly excited:使激动：The mere idea made me boil.这个主意让我大为激动
v.tr.（及物动词）- To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.汽化：用加热办法使（液体）汽化
- To heat to the boiling point.浇开：加热到沸点
- To cook or clean by boiling.加沸以烹饪或清洗
- To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling:在沸水中分开：通过加沸过程中的蒸馏加以分离：boil the maple sap.以煮沸方式分离枫树汁
n.（名词）- The condition or act of boiling.煮，沸腾：沸腾的状态或煮的动作
- Lower Southern U.S. A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.【美国南端】 海鲜野餐：将大虾、蟹或淡水鳌虾煮熟加上调味汁，然后用手去壳就食的野餐
- An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid:搅动、旋转、翻滚的液体："Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there"(Mark Twain)“汹涌翻滚的河水显示出那里有一个正在缩小沙洲和改道的航道”(马克·吐温)
boil down - To reduce in bulk or size by boiling.煮浓：通过熬煮减少体积
- To condense; summarize:浓缩；简化：boiled down the complex document.简化繁杂的文件
- To constitute the equivalent of in summary:简单地归结为：The scathing editorial simply boils down to an exercise in partisan politics.措词强烈的社论可以简单地归结为政党政治的纲领
boil over - To overflow while boiling.沸腾溢出
- To lose one's temper.发怒：情绪失去控制
- Middle English boillen 中古英语 boillen
- from Old French boillir 源自 古法语 boillir
- from Latin bullīre 源自 拉丁语 bullīre
boil, simmer, seethe, stew- To boil is to cook in a liquid heated to a temperature at which it bubbles up and gives off vapor: boil 即在加热到冒气泡并产生蒸汽的液体中烹煮： boil potatoes. 煮马铃薯。
- Figuratively boil pertains to intense agitation: boil 的比喻用法表示激动情绪： She boiled with resentment. 她因怨恨而发火。
- Simmer denotes gentle cooking just at or below the boiling point ( Let the stock simmer for several hours); figuratively it refers to a state of gentle ferment ( Plans were simmering in his mind). Simmer 表示在沸点以下微煮( 让汤汁炖几个小时)； 它喻指蕴酿( 计划已在他心里蕴酿好了)。
- Seethe emphasizes in both senses the turbulence of steady boiling at high temperature: Seethe 字面意义及喻意均强调高温下持续煮而产生翻滚： Water seethed in the caldron.水在大锅中翻滚。"The city had all through the interval been seething with discontent" (John R. Green). “该城市在那段时期里一直被一种不满情绪所煎熬” （约翰R·格林）。
- Stew refers literally to slow boiling and figuratively to a persistent but not violent state of agitation: Stew 字面上用文火煨，喻指长时间但并不加重的焦虑： I always add a little Madeira to the liquid when I stew prunes.在炖李子时我常加些马德拉葡萄酒在汤里。 "They don't want a man to fret and stew about his work" (William H. Whyte, Jr.).“他们不想让别人为工作烦恼、担忧” （小威廉H·怀特）
boil 2 AHD[boil] D.J.[bɔɪl]K.K.[bɔɪl]n.（名词）- A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle 疖：皮肤和皮下组织灌脓和发炎的一块，有疼痛，常为该处葡萄球菌感染引起 也作 furuncle
- Middle English bile 中古英语 bile
- from Old English bȳle 源自 古英语 bȳle
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