| 单词 | boil |
| 释义 | boil (once / 107 pages) 1vn 2v 3n If you heat water to 212° Fahrenheit, then expect to see it boil — bubbling as it turns from a liquid to a vapor. It's what a watched pot never seems to do! If the water is bubbling and roiling, then it's probably boiling. Cooks boil stuff all the time on the stove; geysers and hot springs boil naturally. And if you spill boiled red cabbage on the new white couch, mom's temper might just boil over. So you see boil can be used both literally and figuratively — to depict boiling hot liquids or boiling hot tempers. WORD FAMILYboil: boiled, boiler, boiling, boils, overboil+/boiler: boilers/boiling: boilings/overboil: overboiled, overboiling, overboils USAGE EXAMPLESGurley is nearly three weeks removed from the Rams’ 42-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, when his frustration boiled to the surface. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) “They stab them with a screwdriver, break the back shell off, clean them and then boil the body,” she said. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and chile flakes and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring once or twice. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius Ant|Hypo|Hyper freeze change to ice freeze, freeze down, freeze outchange from a liquid to a solid when cold boil over, overboil overflow or cause to overflow while boiling change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 2v bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point boil this liquid until it evaporates Hypo|Hyper decoct extract the essence of something by boiling it alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes boil potatoes boil wool Hypo|Hyper overboil boil excessively simmerboil slowly at low temperature change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 4n the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level 2they brought the water to a boil Syn|Hyper boiling point temperature the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) 1v be agitated Syn|Hypo|Hyper churn, moil, roil roll, seethe boil vigorously move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v be in an agitated emotional state 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper seethe bubble over, overflow, spill over overflow with a certain feeling fermentbe in an agitated or excited state sizzleseethe with deep anger or resentment be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) n a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus Syn|Hypo|Hyper furuncle gumboil a boil or abscess on the gums staphylococcal infection an infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation |
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