Water can be purified by boiling it for five minutes.

水沸腾五分钟便可得到净化。

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The water was bubbling and boiling away.

水在咕嘟咕嘟地沸腾着。

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He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.

有人问他华氏温标下水的沸点。

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One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing boiling water down on enemies attacking a castle.

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If I get you down to a cluster of about 30 water molecules, the boiling point is a function of the size of the water droplet.

如果对于一个由30个水分子,组成的簇，沸点是,水珠尺寸的函数。

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So everything I do, I just put it in boiling water.

我只会把东西放进沸水里煮。

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The cooking is done on open fires, which have big pots of water boiling on them all day.

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There are a number of different reactors in use, most commonly water-cooled pressurised or boiling water reactors - though other reactor types are kept cool with the help of liquid metal, gas or molten salt.

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Still working on low speed, mix in the boiling water, which will thin the batter considerably.

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