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boil¹ /bɔɪl/ vi. | vt. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vi.
1. 沸腾，达到沸点
When water boils it changes into steam. 水沸腾时变成蒸汽。
2. 开，滚；在沸水中煮
Is the milk (kettle) boiling yet? 牛奶(壶里的水)开了没有?
The potatoes are boiling. 土豆正煮着。
3. 像沸水一样翻滚(或出声)
The sound of the river boiled along the banks. 河水沿河岸潺潺流淌。
4. (人、感情等)激动；发怒，发火
Seeing that flag made me boil. 看见那面旗子使我激动不已。
make sb. boil with rage 使某人狂怒
5. (海等)翻腾，汹涌；涌出，迸发
The lake boiled in the storm. 暴风雨中湖水翻腾。
The stormy sea is boiling. 暴风雨中的大海汹涌起伏。
water boiling from a spring 涌出的泉水
6. 一头向前冲，乱糟糟地向前冲
Grabbing at rifles, men boiled from the waggons. 土兵们抓起步枪，从货车里蜂拥而出。
❷ vt.
1. 煮沸，烧开
Please boil water for tea. 请烧水沏茶。
It's a fine gas ring; it boils a kettle in a flash. 这是一个很好的煤气灶，一下子就烧开一壶水。
2. 在沸水中煮，烹煮
The egg was boiled hard. 蛋煮老了。
Please boil enough rice for ten people. 请煮够10个人吃的饭。
3. 用煮沸方法净化；用煮沸方法为…消毒
boil drinking water 用煮沸方法净化饮用水
4. 用煮沸(或蒸发)方法制造(或分出)
boil sugar (salt) 蒸发制糖(盐)
Is the water polluted? You can boil out the impurities. 这水污染了吗?你可以用煮沸方法去掉杂质。
5. 使激动；使发怒，使发火
hot summer days that boil tempers 使人容易发火的炎热的夏日
II n.
1. 煮沸
Give the clothes a good boil and they'll come white. 把这些衣服在沸水中好好煮一煮，它们就会变白的。
2. 沸腾状态；沸点
Bring the soup to the boil. 把汤烧开。
I know there'd be a kettle on the boil down in the kitchen. 我知道厨房里总会有一壶烧开的水的。
raise the tension to a boil 使紧张程度达到极点
3. (水等的)翻滚，旋涡
He saw a huge boil in the water but couldn't see the fish. 他看见水中有个巨大的旋涡，但看不见鱼。
[< OFr boillir < L bullire to bubble < bulla bubble] phr. boil away 1. 不断沸腾；汽化；煮干；煮掉 All the water has boiled away. 所有的水都煮干了。 2. (激动情绪等)消失 His excitement soon boiled away when the work actually started. 等工作真正开始时，他的兴奋很快消失殆尽了。boil down 1. 煮浓，熬浓 If you boil that soup down a bit, it'll taste better. 假使你把那汤煮得浓一点，味道会更好。 Even the penguins were killed and boiled down for their oil. 甚至企鹅也被杀死了熬油。2. 压缩；简化 boil down a report to 300 words 把报告压缩到300个词 The story boils down easily. 这个故事易于简化。boil down to 表明是；意味着；归结为 What it boils down to is a little word called “love”. 归结起来，就是简单一个“爱”字。 It all boils down to this. 问题的要点就在于此。 boil over 1. 沸溢，煮潽 Mommy, I promise I won't let the milk boilover this time. 妈妈，我保证这次再也不让牛奶煮潽了。2. 激动；发怒； (情绪)失去控制，爆发 He was boiling over with rage. 他大发雷霆。In several cities, grievance has boiled over this spring into violence. 在几个城市里，今春不满情绪已失去控制而演变成了暴力行动。 boil up 1. 烧热；煮滚； (云、烟等)旋转翻滚 I'll boil you up some nice fish soup. 我将为你煮一些美味鱼汤。2. 即将发生；爆发 A crisis (dispute) was boiling up. 危机(争论)即将发生。 Anger boiled up at the rich and powerful. 爆发了对富豪和权势者的愤怒。 come to a boil 1. 到沸点，开始沸腾 After the water comes to a boil add the noodles. 水开之后把面条放入。 2. 到极点，到高潮 His anger (The war crisis) came to a boil. 他的愤怒(战争危机)到了极点。 on the boil 1. 在沸腾；在激动中，在兴奋中 The restless students are on the boil again. 不安分的学生们又处于激动之中。 keep things on the boil 使形势保持令人振奋的状态 2. 正被积极审议的 |