1 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. （使）达到沸点；（使）沸腾；（使）烧开
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I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil. [VERB]
我站在厨房，等着水烧开。
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Boil the water in the saucepan and add the sage. [VERB noun]
把平底锅里的水烧开，然后加入鼠尾草。
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...a saucepan of boiling water. [VERB-ing]
一锅沸水
SYN simmer, bubble, foam, churn
2 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. 使（水壶或锅里的水）烧开
3 VERB [only cont] （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. （水壶或平底锅里的水）烧开，沸腾
4 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. →see usage note at: cook 用开水煮；在开水中煮
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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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I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
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...boiled eggs and toast.
熟鸡蛋和吐司
5 VERB [usually cont] 愤怒；怒火中烧 If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry. 愤怒；怒火中烧
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I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage. [VERB + with]
我过去常常是外表看上去轻松愉快，而内心却怒火中烧。
6 N-COUNT 疖子；疔 A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus. 疖子；疔
SYN pustule, gathering [informal] , swelling, blister
8 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. (使)沸腾；（使）达到沸点
9 to make someone's blood boil→see: blood
Phrasal verbs: - boil awayboil downboil down toboil overboil up
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