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单词 boilerplates
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boil1 /boil/

intransitive verb
  1. To pass rapidly from liquid into vapour with violent and copious production of bubbles
  2. To reach boiling point
  3. (of a vessel) to contain boiling liquid
  4. To bubble up as if from the action of heat
  5. To be heated in boiling liquid
  6. To be hot
  7. To be very excited or angry
transitive verb
  1. To heat to a boiling state
  2. To cook, dress, clean or otherwise treat by boiling
noun
  1. The act or condition of boiling
  2. A swirling disturbance made at the surface of the water by a fish coming to the fly
ORIGIN: OFr boillir, from L bullīre, from bulla a bubble

boilˈer noun

  1. A person who boils
  2. That in which anything is boiled
  3. A vessel in which steam is generated
  4. A vessel in which water is heated for circulation
  5. A (usu old) fowl, best cooked by boiling

boilˈery noun

A place for boiling, esp for obtaining salt

boilˈing noun

  1. The act of causing to boil
  2. The condition of being boiled or at boiling point
  3. A quantity boiled at once
  4. A boiled sweet (Scot)
  5. A collection, set (informal)
adjective
  1. At boiling point
  2. Very hot
  3. Bubbling
  4. Extremely angry

boiled shirt noun

A dress shirt

boiled sweet noun

A sweet of boiled sugar, flavouring, and often colouring

boilˈermaker noun

  1. An industrial metalworker
  2. A drink consisting of whisky with a beer chaser (N Am sl)

boilˈerplate noun

  1. Steel plate suitable for making boilers
  2. Cliche-ridden writing (N American)
  3. (items of) standard formulaic text

adjective

Formulaic or stereotypical

boiler room noun

  1. A room in a building or ship that houses a boiler
  2. A site of strenuous and important effort (figurative)
  3. An operation involving the fraudulent sale by a broker to investors of shares that are overpriced or worthless (stock exchange)

boiler suit noun

A one-piece overall with trousers, and usu long sleeves

boiling point noun

  1. The temperature at which a liquid, esp water, boils, esp at atmospheric pressure
  2. The point of emotion, esp anger, where control is lost

boiling-water reactor noun

A light-water reactor in which steam drives the turbines directly (see also light-water reactor under light2, pressurized water reactor under pressure)

boilˈover noun (Aust inf)

A surprising result, esp in a sporting event

boil away

To evaporate (completely) by boiling

boil down

  1. To reduce in bulk by boiling
  2. To extract the substance of (lit and figurative)

boil down to (figurative)

To mean, to signify when reduced to essentials

boil off

To remove (impurities, etc) by boiling

boil over

  1. To bubble over the sides of the containing vessel
  2. To break out into unrestrained indignation

come to the boil

  1. To reach boiling point
  2. To reach a critical state

go off the boil

  1. To stop boiling, fall below boiling point
  2. To subside from an active or critical state

on the boil

  1. Boiling
  2. Active
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