A2 [ I or T ] to reach, or cause something to reach, the temperature at which a liquid starts to turn into a gas(使)沸腾,煮沸,烧开
B1 [ I or T ] to heat a container, especially one used for cooking, until the liquid in it starts to turn into a gas(做饭时)煮沸,烧开
B1 [ T ] to cook food by putting it in water that is boiling在沸水中煮,烹煮
If a container or food boils dry, all the liquid in the container in which the food was cooking turns to gas.煮干,烧干
[ T ] to wash clothes in a container of very hot water在沸水中洗(衣服)
More examples
Ask Simon to cook the meal? Come off it, he can hardly boil an egg!
As water begins to boil, bubbles rise ever faster to the surface.
To make a thicker sauce, reduce the ingredients by boiling for five minutes.
Water boils at 212° Fahrenheit and 100° Celsius/Centigrade.
Stir the sauce gently until it begins to boil.
[ I usually continuous ] informal to be extremely angry暴怒
[ C ] a painful swelling on the skin that is filled with pus (= thick, yellow liquid)疖子,脓疮
[ S ] the act of washing or cooking something in very hot water煮;烹煮
the state of boiling沸腾(状态)
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