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Related topics: Food, dish
ˌsoft-ˈboiledadjectiveadj
DFFan egg that is soft-boiled is boiled long enough for the white part to become solid, but the yellow part in the centre is still liquid 〔蛋〕煮得半熟的,溏心的 → hard-boiled
Examples from the Corpus
soft-boiled• Who steamed fish for him and soft-boiled his eggs and stirred pudding rice into milk?• Lilian's having hers soft-boiled today, aren't you, dear?