soft-boil
软水煮,软煮,软水壶,软水泡
Definitions
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- : to boil just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
Examples
There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.
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.
Francis is well into his seventies, looks it, has a mild demeanor and soft speaking style; but his rhetoric is electrifying.
My surgeon told me my bones were so soft he could barely install the screws.
And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.
A few small rocks of some soft stone may be added, and in between these the Ferns are planted.
His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
The delicious soft rains set in early, promising a good grain year.
Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.