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| 1 | I/T if a liquid boils, or if you boil it , it becomes so hot that there are bubbles in it and it starts to become a gas 沸腾；烧开；煮沸 |
| When the water boils, add the rice. 水开的时候加米。 |
| Boil some milk in a pan. 用平底锅煮一些牛奶。 |
| put sth on to boil (=put liquid in a container and heat it until it boils) She put two pans of soup on to boil. 把某物煮沸 |
| | 1a | if a container boils, or if you boil it , the liquid in it boils （容器）煮沸，烧开 | | He stood in the kitchen waiting for the pan to boil. 他站在厨房里等锅烧开。 | | I’ ll just boil the kettle and we can have some tea. 我把水壶烧开，我们就可以沏点茶喝。 | | boil dry (=boil until there is no liquid left) The saucepan had boiled dry and the carrots were burnt. 烧干；煮干 | |
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| 2 | T to cook food in water that is boiling 用沸水煮 |
| How long does it take to boil an egg? 煮个蛋要多长时间？ |
| | 2a | I to be cooked in water that is boiling 放用沸水煮中 | | The pasta needs to boil for 10 minutes. 意大利面食要在沸水中煮10分钟。 | | put sth on to boil (=start to cook something in hot water) Can you put the vegetables on to boil, please? 把某物放在热水中煮 | |
| | 2b | T to wash clothes in water that is boiling 用沸水洗（衣服） | |
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| 3 | I to feel something such as anger very strongly 激动；发怒 |
| James felt the fury boiling within him. 詹姆斯感到怒火中烧。 |
| boil with rage/anger Boiling with rage, Kate slammed the car door and drove off. 凯特怒火中烧，砰地关上车门，开车走了。 |
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| - | ˌboil ˈdown |
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| 1 | I/T to become smaller in quantity after cooking because some of the liquid has turned to gas , or to make something do this 煮浓；熬浓 | Boil the meat juices down to make a thick sauce. 把肉汁熬成稠酱汁。 | |
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| 2 | T to make something such as a piece of writing shorter by giving only the basic , most important facts 压缩，简化（文章） | boil sth down to sth Whole pages of information get boiled down to one paragraph in the paper. 整整几页的信息被压缩成论文中的一段。 | |
| - | ˌboil ˈdown to |
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| | boil down to sth: to be the main reason for something or the most basic part of something 归结为；是…的主要原因；是…的最基本部分 | It’ s difficult to choose which appliance to buy, but in the end it usually boils down to cost. 很难决定买哪种工具，但最终通常取决于价钱。 | |
| - | ˌboil ˈover |
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| 1 | if a situation or feeling boils over , people cannot control their anger and start to fight or argue （局势）失去控制；发怒 | Racial tensions in the area were boiling over. 该地区种族间的紧张局势正在失去控制。 | | +into The dispute finally boiled over into a series of violent protests. 争论最终失去控制发展成一系列强烈抗议。 | |
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| 2 | if a liquid boils over , it rises so much when it boils that it flows over the top of the container that it is in 沸溢；煮溢 | There was a hissing sound as the soup boiled over. 汤煮沸溢出时发出嘶嘶声。 | |
| - | ˌboil ˈup |
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| 1 | I if a situation or feeling boils up , people start to feel angry （形势）发展到危险程度；（怒火）升腾 | Anger was boiling up inside me. 我怒火中烧。 | |
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| 2 | T to heat liquid , or to heat something in a liquid , until it boils 烧热；煮滚 | Will you boil up some water? 你能烧些水吗？ | | Keep the chicken bones and boil them up to make stock. 把鸡骨头留下煮成原汤。 | |
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