名詞 boil:

1. a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
   同義詞：furuncle
2. the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
   同義詞：boiling point

動詞 boil:

1. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
2. cook in boiling liquid
3. bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
4. be agitated
   同義詞：churn, moil, roil
5. be in an agitated emotional state
   同義詞：seethe

1. The kettle is boiling.
   壺里的水開了。
2. Bring the mixture to the boil, then let it simmer for ten minutes.
   把混合物煮至沸騰，然後再用文火煮十分鐘。
3. Give the sheets a good boil to get them white.
   把被單好好煮一煮，好讓它們白一些。
4. The argument boiled over into open war.
   爭論演變成了公開的論戰(zhàn)。
5. I am boiling the milk.
   我正在煮牛奶。

boil

v.（動詞）
boiled,boil.ing,boils
v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:
沸騰蒸發(fā)：由于加熱，從液體變成氣體：
例句：
All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.
水都燒開了，剩下一個空壺

To reach the boiling point.
煮開：達到沸點
To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
在沸水中煮，尤指烹煮
To be in a state of agitation; seethe:
翻騰：處于翻滾狀態(tài)；翻騰：
例句：
a river boiling over the rocks.
河水翻騰，拍打巖岸

To be stirred up or greatly excited:
使激動：
例句：
The mere idea made me boil.
這個主意讓我大為激動

v.tr.（及物動詞）

To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.
汽化：用加熱辦法使（液體）汽化
To heat to the boiling point.
澆開：加熱到沸點
To cook or clean by boiling.
加沸以烹飪或清洗
To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling:
在沸水中分開：通過加沸過程中的蒸餾加以分離：
例句：
boil the maple sap.
以煮沸方式分離楓樹汁

n.（名詞）
The condition or act of boiling.
煮，沸騰：沸騰的狀態(tài)或煮的動作
Lower Southern U.S. A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.
【美國南端】 海鮮野餐：將大蝦、蟹或淡水鰲蝦煮熟加上調味汁，然后用手去殼就食的野餐
An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid:
攪動、旋轉、翻滾的液體：
例句：
.Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there.(Mark Twain)
.洶涌翻滾的河水顯示出那里有一個正在縮小沙洲和改道的航道.(馬克·吐溫)

<常用詞組>boil down
To reduce in bulk or size by boiling.
煮濃：通過熬煮減少體積
To condense; summarize:
濃縮；簡化：
例句：
boiled down the complex document.
簡化繁雜的文件

To constitute the equivalent of in summary:
簡單地歸結為：
例句：
The scathing editorial simply boils down to an exercise in partisan politics.
措詞強烈的社論可以簡單地歸結為政黨政治的綱領

boil over
To overflow while boiling.
沸騰溢出
To lose one`s temper.
發(fā)怒：情緒失去控制
來源：
Middle English boillen
中古英語 boillen
from Old French boillir
源自 古法語 boillir
from Latin bullore
源自 拉丁語 bullore

<參考詞匯><同義詞>boil,simmer,seethe,stewTo

boil is to cook in a liquid heated to a temperature at which it bubbles up and gives off vapor:
boil 即在加熱到冒氣泡并產生蒸汽的液體中烹煮：
例句：
boil potatoes. Figurativelyboil pertains to intense agitation:
煮馬鈴薯。 boil 的比喻用法表示激動情緒：

例句：
She boiled with resentment.
她因怨恨而發(fā)火。

Simmer denotes gentle cooking just at or below the boiling point (
Simmer 表示在沸點以下微煮(
例句：
Let the stock simmer for several hours); figuratively it refers to a state of gentle ferment (
讓湯汁燉幾個小時)； 它喻指蘊釀(

例句：
Plans were simmering in his mind).
計劃已在他心里蘊釀好了)。

Seethe emphasizes in both senses the turbulence of steady boiling at high temperature:
Seethe 字面意義及喻意均強調高溫下持續(xù)煮而產生翻滾：
例句：
Water seethed in the caldron.
水在大鍋中翻滾。

例句：
.The city had all through the interval been seething with discontent. (John R. Green).
.該城市在那段時期里一直被一種不滿情緒所煎熬. （約翰R·格林）。

Stew refers literally to slow boiling and figuratively to a persistent but not violent state of agitation:
Stew 字面上用文火煨，喻指長時間但并不加重的焦慮：
例句：
I always add a little Madeira to the liquid when I stew prunes.
在燉李子時我常加些馬德拉葡萄酒在湯里。.

例句：
.They don`t want a man to fret and stew about his work. (William H. Whyte, Jr.).
他們不想讓別人為工作煩惱、擔憂. （小威廉H·懷特）


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n.（名詞）
A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection.Also called furuncle
癤：皮膚和皮下組織灌膿和發(fā)炎的一塊，有疼痛，常為該處葡萄球菌感染引起也作 furuncle

來源：
Middle English bile
中古英語 bile
from Old English btle
源自 古英語 btle