boil 的 4 个定义
- to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise.
- to reach or be brought to the boiling point: When the water boils, add the meat and cabbage.
- to be in an agitated or violent state: The sea boiled in the storm.
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- to cause to boil or to bring to the boiling point: Boil two cups of water.
- to cook in boiling water: to boil eggs.
- to separate from a solution containing it by boiling off the liquid.
- the act or an instance of boiling.
- the state or condition of boiling: He brought a kettle of water to a boil.
- an area of agitated, swirling, bubbling water, as part of a rapids.
- Also called blow. Civil Engineering. an unwanted flow of water and solid matter into an excavation, due to excessive outside water pressure.
- boil down, to reduce the quantity of by boiling off liquid.to shorten; abridge.to be simplifiable or summarizable as; lead to the conclusion that; point: It all boils down to a clear case of murder.
- boil over, to overflow while boiling or as if while boiling; burst forth; erupt.to be unable to repress anger, excitement, etc.: Any mention of the incident makes her boil over.
boil 近义词
heat to bubbling
blister
be angry
由boil构成的短语
- boil down
- boiling point
- boil over
- make one's blood boil
- watched pot never boils
更多boil例句
- Fill the pot with warm water so the jars are covered by an inch or two, and bring it to a boil.
- Fill your pot with water until it’s nearly half full, and bring it to a boil.
- The release says the process should take about two weeks, during which the boil water advisory will remain in place.
- Residents of Lake Jackson, where the boy contracted the amoeba after playing at a local water park, are under a boil water advisory.
- They are simply a boil on the rectum of humanity and should be treated as such.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season liberally with salt.
- In conversation, her ideas emerge at a roiling boil that often takes on a momentum of its own.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the string beans.
- A curse-filled half hour that saw my blood boil as my filing deadline ticked further into the past.
- Businesses are suffering more each day in an area where the rents are extortionate, and the situation could boil over soon.
- Still he hung on, drawing himself upward to hook a leg over the very pipe that threatened to boil him alive.
- When the Cave-men first learned to boil water, do you think they would think of boiling food?
- Boil the oil and soap together in a pipkin, and then gradually stir in the sand and lemon-juice.
- Like a boil, such a horse race as this must burst some day, and it was reaching the acute stage.
- Let it boil in the suds for an hour or more, till the lace is clean and white all through.