hard-boilv.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːdˈbɔɪl/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrdˌbɔɪl/

Forms: see hard adv. and boil v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adv., boil v.

Etymology: < hard adv. + boil v., after hard-boiled adj.

1. transitive. To boil (an egg) until the white and yolk are hard. Cf. soft-boil v., hard-boiled adj. 1a.Early uses of the passive may not represent the fixed collocation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > cook specific food > eggs

poachc1450

tire1486

hard-boil1653

scramble1864

omelette1867

unscramble1926

1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xxxvi. 185 The White being boyled hard, doth easily part... This also doth befall the yolk not yet departed from the Ovary, if it be hard boyled as the former.

1676 J. M. Sports & Pastimes 3 Cause an Egg to be hard boyled or roasted, and take a small bit of the shell of the narrow end.

1733 V. La Chapelle Mod. Cook II. i. 49 Let your Eggs be hard boil'd, cut them in Slices.

1755 A. Cook Professed Cookery (ed. 2) 58 Ordering two Goose Eggs to have been hard boiled, cut Cross and Long-ways.

1840 Mem. Late Henry Park 19 After remaining in a temperature sufficient to boil eggs, long enough to hard-boil and eat three of them in succession, he came out of the stove.

1895 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Nov. 886 No more time to decide it than it takes to hard-boil an egg.

1968 Changing Times Apr. 30/3 Occasionally when I hard-boil eggs there is a greenish tinge at the edge of the yolk and the white.

2007 S. Silverthorne & J. Warner One-minute Myst. & Brain Teasers iii. 13 Hard-boiling an egg takes approximately ten minutes.

2. transitive. To harden (a person, a person's feelings, etc.); to make callous, desensitize. Cf. hard-boiled adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make hard or callous

hardc1325

hardenc1350

engrege1382

endurec1384

indurec1450

indurate1538

obduratea1540

brawn1571

hard heart1581

sear1582

cauterize1587

myrmidonize1593

obdure1598

Gorgonize1609

stonea1616

petrifya1631

petrificate1647

roborate1652

case-harden1687

ossify1803

hard-boil1929

1929 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 143 342/1 The woman who has been coarsened or hard-boiled by her business contacts is seriously handicapped in the winning of a mate.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 16 He [sc. a shepherd] is the faun escaping again out of the city precincts, far more shy and evansecent than any Christian virgin. You cannot hard-boil him.

1982 J. Sutherland Offensive Lit. (1983) 82 Even with sensibilities hard-boiled by the last fifteen years of decensored drama, it is a horrible scene.

2013 J. Gurtler How I lost You i. 8 His years as a police officer hard-boiled him a little.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hard-boil
释义	hard-boilv. Brit. /ˌhɑːdˈbɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdˌbɔɪl/ Forms: see hard adv. and boil v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adv., boil v. Etymology: < hard adv. + boil v., after hard-boiled adj. 1. transitive. To boil (an egg) until the white and yolk are hard. Cf. soft-boil v., hard-boiled adj. 1a.Early uses of the passive may not represent the fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > cook specific food > eggs poachc1450 tire1486 hard-boil1653 scramble1864 omelette1867 unscramble1926 1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xxxvi. 185 The White being boyled hard, doth easily part... This also doth befall the yolk not yet departed from the Ovary, if it be hard boyled as the former. 1676 J. M. Sports & Pastimes 3 Cause an Egg to be hard boyled or roasted, and take a small bit of the shell of the narrow end. 1733 V. La Chapelle Mod. Cook II. i. 49 Let your Eggs be hard boil'd, cut them in Slices. 1755 A. Cook Professed Cookery (ed. 2) 58 Ordering two Goose Eggs to have been hard boiled, cut Cross and Long-ways. 1840 Mem. Late Henry Park 19 After remaining in a temperature sufficient to boil eggs, long enough to hard-boil and eat three of them in succession, he came out of the stove. 1895 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Nov. 886 No more time to decide it than it takes to hard-boil an egg. 1968 Changing Times Apr. 30/3 Occasionally when I hard-boil eggs there is a greenish tinge at the edge of the yolk and the white. 2007 S. Silverthorne & J. Warner One-minute Myst. & Brain Teasers iii. 13 Hard-boiling an egg takes approximately ten minutes. 2. transitive. To harden (a person, a person's feelings, etc.); to make callous, desensitize. Cf. hard-boiled adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make hard or callous hardc1325 hardenc1350 engrege1382 endurec1384 indurec1450 indurate1538 obduratea1540 brawn1571 hard heart1581 sear1582 cauterize1587 myrmidonize1593 obdure1598 Gorgonize1609 stonea1616 petrifya1631 petrificate1647 roborate1652 case-harden1687 ossify1803 hard-boil1929 1929 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 143 342/1 The woman who has been coarsened or hard-boiled by her business contacts is seriously handicapped in the winning of a mate. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 16 He [sc. a shepherd] is the faun escaping again out of the city precincts, far more shy and evansecent than any Christian virgin. You cannot hard-boil him. 1982 J. Sutherland Offensive Lit. (1983) 82 Even with sensibilities hard-boiled by the last fifteen years of decensored drama, it is a horrible scene. 2013 J. Gurtler How I lost You i. 8 His years as a police officer hard-boiled him a little. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1653
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