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

• As the water boils, the water molecules escape in large numbers.
  水沸腾时有大量水分子脱离出来。
• All the evidence I have collected boils down to the fact that he is a shop lifter.
  我收集到的所有证据可归结为一个事实，即他是一个从商店行窃的扒手。
• 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。
• 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。
• Milk spills over as soon as it boils.
  牛奶一煮开就会潽出来。
• Please keep an eye on the stove in case the milk boils.
  劳神照料炉上的牛奶，别沸溅了。
• Please forgive us if our frustration boils over on the touchline from time to time.
  如果场上的挫败使我们在场边失去了控制，请原谅我们。
• You have to heat the water until it boils.
  你必须把水加热到沸腾为止。
• 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。
• 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。