boil

名词 boil:

1. a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
   同义词：furuncle
2. the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
   同义词：boiling point

动词 boil:

1. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
2. cook in boiling liquid
3. bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
4. be agitated
   同义词：churn, moil, roil
5. be in an agitated emotional state
   同义词：seethe

1. The kettle is boiling.
   壶里的水开了。
2. 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。
3. Give the sheets a good boil to get them white.
   把被单好好煮一煮，好让它们白一些。
4. The argument boiled over into open war.
   争论演变成了公开的论战。
5. I am boiling the milk.
   我正在煮牛奶。

boil

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：
例句：
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：
例句：
a river boiling over the rocks.
河水翻腾，拍打岩岸

To be stirred up or greatly excited:
使激动：
例句：
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：
例句：
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：
例句：
.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)

<常用词组>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：
例句：
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：
例句：
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
来源：
Middle English boillen
中古英语 boillen
from Old French boillir
源自 古法语 boillir
from Latin bullore
源自 拉丁语 bullore

<参考词汇><同义词>boil,simmer,seethe,stewTo

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：
例句：
boil potatoes. Figurativelyboil pertains to intense agitation:
煮马铃薯。 boil 的比喻用法表示激动情绪：

例句：
She boiled with resentment.
她因怨恨而发火。

Simmer denotes gentle cooking just at or below the boiling point (
Simmer 表示在沸点以下微煮(
例句：
Let the stock simmer for several hours); figuratively it refers to a state of gentle ferment (
让汤汁炖几个小时)； 它喻指蕴酿(

例句：
Plans were simmering in his mind).
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：
例句：
Water seethed in the caldron.
水在大锅中翻滚。

例句：
.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：
例句：
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。.

例句：
.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）


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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

来源：
Middle English bile
中古英语 bile
from Old English btle
源自 古英语 btle