boils

英 [bɔɪlz]

美 [bɔɪlz]

v.  (使)沸腾; 煮沸; 烧开; (把壶、锅等)里面的水烧开; 用沸水煮(或烫洗); 被煮(或烫洗)
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）达到沸点；（使）沸腾；（使）烧开
  When a hot liquidboilsor when youboilit, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
  1. I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil...
     我站在厨房，等着水烧开。
  2. Boil the water in the saucepan and add the sage...
     把平底锅里的水烧开，然后加入鼠尾草。
  3. ...a saucepan of boiling water.
     一锅沸水
• V-ERG 使（水壶或锅里的水）烧开
  When youboila kettle or pan, or put it on toboil, you heat the water inside it until it boils.
  1. He had nothing to do but boil the kettle and make the tea...
     他除了烧水沏茶以外无事可做。
  2. Marianne put the kettle on to boil.
     玛丽安娜放上水壶烧开水。
• VERB （水壶或平底锅里的水）烧开，沸腾
  When a kettle or panis boiling, the water inside it has reached boiling point.
  1. Is the kettle boiling?
     壶里的水开了吗？
• V-ERG 用开水煮；在开水中煮
  When youboilfood, or when itboils, it is cooked in boiling water.
  1. Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice...
     把鹰嘴豆放在开水中煮，并加入大蒜和柠檬汁。
  2. I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
     我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
  3. ...boiled eggs and toast.
     熟鸡蛋和吐司
• VERB 愤怒；怒火中烧
  If youare boiling withanger, you are very angry.
  1. I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage.
     我过去常常是外表看上去轻松愉快，而内心却怒火中烧。
• 疖子；疔
  Aboilis a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus.
• See also:boiling
• PHRASE (使)沸腾；（使）达到沸点
  When youbringa liquidto the boil, you heat it until it boils. When itcomes to the boil, it begins to boil.
  1. Put water, butter and lard into a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
     把水、黄油和猪油倒入平底锅，然后慢火煮沸。
• tomakesomeone'sblood boil→ see:blood

双语例句

• He maintains that the question of feeling boils down to whether or not animals are conscious.
  他还坚持认为动物感情的问题，归根结底是动物是否有意识的问题。
• A solution of sugar boils down to a syrup.
  糖水煮浓而成糖浆。
• The problem, then if there is one boils down to the issue of economic calculation.
  那么，如果说还有什么问题，就可以简化为经济核算了。
• He said a lot, but it all boils down to this.
  他说来说去，左不过是这么个意思。
• In his flesh their flesh to boils;
  它们的肉在他的肉中都成疔疮；
• Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
  水在100℃时沸腾。
• It all boils down to time and money.
  这些都可以归结为时间和金钱。
• When water boils, bubbles rise to the surface.
  水开时，水面起了泡泡。
• He boils down red wine and uses what's left
  他把红酒熬稠后再用。
• He boils the pot dry.
  他将壶中的水煮干了。