单词 | boil |
释义 | boil[bɒil]n. 煮沸, 沸腾, 疖vt. 煮沸, 激动vi. 煮沸, 激动【医】 疖相关词组:boil awayboil down...boil down to...boil overboil dryboil up boil 1 boil 1 AHD: [boil] D.J. [b%!l]K.K. [b%!l]v.(动词) boiled,boil.ing,boils v.intr.(不及物动词)1. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:沸腾蒸发:由于加热,从液体变成气体:All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.水都烧开了,剩下一个空壶2. To reach the boiling point.煮开:达到沸点3. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.在沸水中煮,尤指烹煮4. To be in a state of agitation; seethe:翻腾:处于翻滚状态;翻腾:a river boiling over the rocks.河水翻腾,拍打岩岸5. To be stirred up or greatly excited:使激动:The mere idea made me boil.这个主意让我大为激动v.tr.(及物动词)1. To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.汽化:用加热办法使(液体)汽化2. To heat to the boiling point.浇开:加热到沸点3. To cook or clean by boiling.加沸以烹饪或清洗4. To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling:在沸水中分开:通过加沸过程中的蒸馏加以分离:boil the maple sap.以煮沸方式分离枫树汁n.(名词)1. The condition or act of boiling.煮,沸腾:沸腾的状态或煮的动作2. Lower Southern U.S. A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.【美国南端】 海鲜野餐:将大虾、蟹或淡水鳌虾煮熟加上调味汁,然后用手去壳就食的野餐3. An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid:搅动、旋转、翻滚的液体:“Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there”(&b{Mark Twain})“汹涌翻滚的河水显示出那里有一个正在缩小沙洲和改道的航道”(马克·吐温)常用词组:boil down 1. To reduce in bulk or size by boiling.煮浓:通过熬煮减少体积2. To condense; summarize:浓缩;简化:boiled down the complex document.简化繁杂的文件3. To constitute the equivalent of in summary:简单地归结为:The scathing editorial simply boils down to an exercise in partisan politics.措词强烈的社论可以简单地归结为政党政治的纲领boil over 1. To overflow while boiling.沸腾溢出2. To lose one's temper.发怒:情绪失去控制语源:1. Middle English boillen 中古英语 boillen 2. from Old French boillir 源自 古法语 boillir 3. from Latin bull&9{ºre} 源自 拉丁语 bull&9{ºre} 参考词汇:1. boil,simmer,seethe,stew2. To3. boil is to cook in a liquid heated to a temperature at which it bubbles up and gives off vapor: boil 即在加热到冒气泡并产生蒸汽的液体中烹煮: She boiled with resentment.她因怨恨而发火。4. Simmer denotes gentle cooking just at or below the boiling point ( Simmer 表示在沸点以下微煮( Plans were simmering in his mind). 计划已在他心里蕴酿好了)。 5. Seethe emphasizes in both senses the turbulence of steady boiling at high temperature: Seethe 字面意义及喻意均强调高温下持续煮而产生翻滚: “The city had all through the interval been seething with discontent” (John R. Green).“该城市在那段时期里一直被一种不满情绪所煎熬” (约翰R·格林)。6. 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,喻指长时间但并不加重的焦虑: “They don't want a man to fret and stew about his work” (William H. Whyte, Jr.).他们不想让别人为工作烦恼、担忧” (小威廉H·怀特) boil 2 boil 2 AHD: [boil] D.J. [b%!l]K.K. [b%!l]n.(名词)A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection.Also called furuncle 疖:皮肤和皮下组织灌脓和发炎的一块,有疼痛,常为该处葡萄球菌感染引起也作 furuncle语源:1. Middle English bile 中古英语 bile 2. from Old English b&9{þle} 源自 古英语 b&9{þle} |
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