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 said a lot, but it all boils down to this.
  他说来说去，左不过是这么个意思。
• This a complicated question, but it boils down to the simple economics of supply and demand.
  这是个复杂的问题，但归根结底还是关于供需关系的简单经济学原理。
• It all boils down to one simple fact.
  归结起来是一个简单的事实。
• One's blood boils or stirs.
  热血沸腾。
• Milk spills over as soon as it boils.
  牛奶一煮开就会潽出来。
• Cook the sauce over a low heat until it boils and thickens.
  以小火加热酱汁至其沸腾变浓。
• It all boils down to time and money.
  这些都可以归结为时间和金钱。
• It not only boils down to what you do, but how you think.
  它不仅归结为你做任何事，但怎么想。
• If you heat the water more, it boils and turns into steam.
  如果你继续给水加热，它会沸腾并转化成蒸汽。
• Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
  水在100℃时沸腾。