boils

1. vi. & vt. (使)沸腾; 开 (cause to) reach the temperature at which change to gas occurs
2. vt. 用开水煮,在沸水中煮 cause water or other liquid to boil; cook in boiling water
3. vi. 发怒; 激动 be angry

1. [S]煮沸 act or period of boiling
2. [U]沸点 boiling point
3. [U]激动 be boiling with anger
4. [C]〈医〉疔疮,脓肿 hard swelling on the body caused by infection

• boil a kettle烧开一壶水
• boil an egg煮个鸡蛋
• boil clothes煮衣服(以清毒)
• boil potatoes煮土豆
• boil the baby's milk给孩子煮牛奶
• boil the water烧水
• boil vegetables烹煮蔬菜

• boil enough足够时间的煮
• boil gently用文火煮
• boil slowly慢慢地煮
• boil thoroughly煮透
• boil away煮干
• boil down熬浓,煮稠,浓缩,压缩(文章)
• boil down an article to a few sentences把一篇文章归结成几句话
• boil down the fish soup把鱼汤煮浓
• boil down to总而言之
• boil over(水)煮沸溢出,失去控制
• boil up(水)烧开,爆发,涌起,到了一触即发的地步

• be at the boil在沸腾中
• be on the boil在沸点
• bring to the boil把…煮沸
• come to the boil煮沸

• boil with rage狂怒

boil down归结；煮浓

boil over沸溢；发怒

bring to the boil使沸腾；使事情难于处理；使处于危急关头

boil up煮滚；烧开

on the boil ◎在沸腾 , ◎在兴奋中，在激动中 , ◎正被积极审议的

boil dry煮干；蒸发至干

boil off汽化；煮掉

off the boil ◎刚停止沸腾 , ◎不再急于行动；不再处于最兴奋(或最活跃)的状态之中

1. The kettle is boiling.
   壶里的水开了。
2. I am boiling the milk.
   我正在煮牛奶。
3. This new type of electromagnetic boiler takes only 3 minutes to boil water.
   这样的新型电磁炉煮沸一锅水只用3分钟。
4. The mere idea made me boil.
   这个主意让我大为激动。

1. 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。
2. Bring the mixture to the boil, then let it simmer for ten minutes.
   把混合物煮至沸腾,然后再用文火煮十分钟。
3. The boil on my right arm rankled whenever I wrote.
   每当我写字的时候，右臂上的疖子就使我感到疼痛。
4. The boil on your face has headed.
   你脸上的小疖子已经出脓头了。