boil /bɔɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( boiling, boiled, boils )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour. 使…沸腾; 沸腾

  例：

  I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil.

  我站在厨房里等水开。

  例：

  Boil the water in the saucepan and add the sage.

  把汤锅里的水烧开，然后放进鼠尾草叶。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I When you boil a pot or a kettle, or put it on to boil, you heat the water inside it until it boils. 烧开

  例：

  He had nothing to do but boil the kettle and make the tea.

  他除了烧开水和沏茶以外无事可做。

• 3. 

  V-I When a pot is boiling, the water inside it has reached boiling point. 烧沸 [only cont]

  例：

  The pot was boiling.

  锅里的水烧开了。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water. 煮

  例：

  Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice.

  把鹰嘴豆煮了，加进蒜和柠檬汁。

  例：

  I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.

  我会削土豆皮，然后把它们煮了。

• 5. 

  V-I If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry. 发怒 [usu cont]

  例：

  I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage.

  我过去虽然表面上笑呵呵的，可是心里却怒火中烧。

• 6. 

  N the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil) 沸腾

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin that contains a thick yellow liquid called pus. 疖子

• 8. 

  → see also boiling

• 9. 

  PHRASE When you bring a liquid to a boil, you heat it until it boils. When it comes to a boil, it begins to boil. 烧沸/开始沸腾

  例：

  Put water, butter and lard into a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.

  在汤锅里加入水、黄油和猪油，慢慢煮开。