1. vi. & vt.（使）沸腾；开　 (cause to) reach the temperature at which change to gas occurs
2. vt.用开水煮，在沸水中煮　 cause water or other liquid to boil; cook in boiling water
3. vi.发怒；激动　 be angry

　～ a kettle　烧开一壶水
　～ an egg　煮个鸡蛋
　～ clothes　煮衣服（以清毒）
　～ potatoes　煮土豆
　～ the baby's milk　给孩子煮牛奶
　～ the water　烧水
　～ vegetables　烹煮蔬菜
　～ enough　足够时间的煮
　～ gently　用文火煮
　～ slowly　慢慢地煮
　～ thoroughly　煮透
　～ away　煮干
　～ down　熬浓，煮稠，浓缩，压缩（文章）
　～ down an article to a few sentences　把一篇文章归结成几句话
　～ down the fish soup　把鱼汤煮浓
　～ down to　总而言之
　～ over　（水）煮沸溢出，失去控制
　～ up　（水）烧开，爆发，涌起，到了一触即发的地步

　The water is boiling.　水开了。
　The kettle is boiling.　水壶里的水开了。
　Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.　水在100摄氏度时沸腾。
　When water boils it changes into steam.　水沸腾时就变成蒸汽。
　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。
　The meat is boiling.　肉正在煮着。
　The eggs are boiling. Turn off the gas in three or five minutes, please.　鸡蛋正煮着，三五分钟后请关掉煤气。
　The potatoes have boiled.　土豆已经煮沸了。
　The potatoes have been boiling for 20 minutes.　土豆一直煮开了二十分钟。
　Leave the cabbage to boil for 5 minutes.　把白菜煮5分钟。
　I'm boiling after the long walk.　长途跋涉后我热极了。
　It's boiling today.　今天热得真要命。
　The sea was boiling.　海水汹涌。
　The waves boiled around the fishing boat.　渔船的四周波涛汹涌。
　The mob boiled through the streets.　人群气势汹汹地穿过街道。
　Jack boiled when his own mistake lost the game.　由于自己的过错比赛失败，杰克很生气。
　Seeing that flag made me boil.　看见那面旗帜使我激动不已。
　He has to keep the pot boiling.　他得维持生活。
　The water all boiled dry.　水全部煮干了。
　Don't let the vegetables boil dry.　别让蔬菜烧干了。
　Don't let the kettle boil dry.　别让壶里的水煮干了。
　The sprouts have boiled dry.　豆芽煮干了。
　I'm boiling the baby's milk.　我要给孩子煮牛奶。
　He boiled the water in a saucepan.　他用平底锅烧开水。
　If we boil the water to a high temperature, it will become gas.　如果把水煮沸到一定高的温度，它就会变成气体。
　Please boil the meat for half an hour.　请把这肉煮半个小时。
　Beef tastes better when you boil it gently.　文火煮出的牛肉味道要可口一些。
　We are boiling eggs, fish and vegetables.　我们在煮蛋、鱼和蔬菜。
　He boiled the potatoes for 20 minutes.　他将马铃薯煮了20分钟。
　Mother is boiling rice.　母亲在煮饭。
　Peter boiled the kettle.　彼得把茶壶烧开了。
　He boiled the kettle and made the tea.　他把水壶里的水烧开然后沏茶。
　She boiled lotus-roots in soy.　她用酱油煮藕。
　He boiled some water for tea.　他烧水沏茶。
　The water must be boiled before use.　水必须烧开后再饮用。
　These potatoes are not boiled thoroughly.　这些土豆没有煮得熟透。
　He boiled her an egg.　他给她煮了一个鸡蛋。
　Would you please boil us some water?　给我们烧一些开水好吗?
　Boil some water for me.　给我烧点开水。
　Will you please boil some milk for me?　请给我煮点牛奶好吗?
　He boils the pot dry.　他将壶中的水煮干了。
　These potatoes are not boiled enough.　这些土豆没有煮得熟透。
　I'd like to have some boiled water.　我想喝点开水。
　The boat was swallowed up by the boiling waves.　船被汹涌的浪涛吞没。

 ♣ boil away　(v.+adv.)
1. 持续沸腾 boil continuously
　The kettle is boiling away.　壶中水不断沸腾。
　The kettle was boiling away on the fire.　水壶里的水在炉火上开个不停。
　The water was boiling away in the kettle.　壶中的水一直开着。
　The potatoes have been boiling away for 20 minutes.　土豆已经煮了近二十分钟。
2. 煮干；烧干 boil until none left; remove or eliminate by boiling
　All the water boiled away and the kettle was ruined.　壶里的水全部烧干，壶也烧坏了。
　He was driving so fast that the engine got very hot and the water boiled away.　他开车太快，以致引擎过热，水箱里的水也烧干了。
　He was so concentrated on the TV programme that he forgot the cooking and the water in the pot boiled away.　他注意力全集中在电视节目上，忘了正在做的饭，把锅里的水都烧干了。
　They boiled the excess liquid away.　他们煮去了多余的液体。
3. 消气 remove
　Her anger boiled away soon.　她很快就消气了。
 ♣ boil down　(v.+adv.)
　煮浓　render down or decompose by boiling
　The syrup boils down in a short time.　这糖浆很快就能熬浓。
　They are boiling down the bones.　他们正在熬骨头汤。
　Please boil down the fish soup.　请把鱼汤烧得浓一点。
　They boil down horses' hoofs to get glue.　他们用马蹄熬制水胶。
　When he made the stew, the water was boiled down.　他炖肉时，把汤熬得很浓。
 ♣ boil down to　(v.+adv.+prep.)
1. 煮浓成；浓缩成 render down or decompose to change into another state by boiling
　A solution of sugar boils down to a syrup.　糖水煮浓而成糖浆。
　Put a lot of the vegetable in the pan, it all boils down to a small quantity.　往锅里多放些菜，一煮就少了。
　Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity.　要用足够的蔬菜，因为一煮就剩不下多少了。
2. 压缩 reduce itself to
　Can you boil the story down to five hundred words?　你能把这故事压缩到500字吗?
　Boil the passage down to two hundred words, please.　请把这段文字压缩到200字。
　You can boil the long story down to a few sentences and it still has the same meaning.　你可把这长篇大论压缩成几句话而原意不变。
　Read through this passage of prose and then boil it down to a hundred words.　请读这段散文，然后将其概括为一百字。
3. 归结为… may be summarized as
　It all boils down to one thing— human nature.　所有这些都可归结为一点——人的天性。
　The whole matter boils down to a power struggle between the trade union and the directors.　整个事情归根结底无非是工会与董事们之间的权力之争。
　What it all seemed to boil down to was money.　这一切似乎都归结到金钱上。
　His reasons for not wanting to go all boil down to the fact that he doesn't have enough money.　他不想去的全部理由可以归结为：他没有足够的钱。
　All he said boils down to this: live and learn.　他的讲话归纳起来就是一点：活到老学到老。
　The advice we gave him boiled down to this: he should take care of his health.　我们给他的劝告可归结为：他该注意自己的健康。
　It all boils down to a clear case of murder.　种种迹象表明这是一起谋杀案。
　I suppose it all boils down to this.　我看归结起来可以这样说。
　The whole discussion boils down to the question of whether the government should fix prices.　整个讨论归根结底是研讨政府是否应稳定物价问题。
　His answer boils down to a refusal.　他的回答同拒绝没有差别。
　These facts boil down to very little significance.　这些事实没有多大意义。
　The whole question boils down to whether you want to go or not.　整个问题可归结为你到底愿不愿去。
 ♣ boil out　(v.+adv.)
　（使）被煮掉，烫掉　(cause to) be removed by boiling
　Some of the stiffness will boil out when you first wash the cloth.　你第一次洗那布料时，部分浆性就会被烫掉。
　You may want to boil out some of the stiffness.　你也许想烫掉一些浆性。
 ♣ boil over　(v.+adv.)
1. 沸溢出 spill over after boiling
　The kettle is boiling over.　壶水煮得都溢出来了。
　Part of the soup was lost when it boiled over.　汤溢了出来，损失了一部分。
　See to the soup. Don't let it boil over.　照看一下汤，不要让它溢出来。
　You have to keep watching to prevent the milk from boiling over.　你要看住，不要让牛奶溢出来。
　He was writing his report so attentively that he didn't know the rice gruel in the pot had boiled over.　他聚精会神地写报告，连锅里的稀饭煮溢了也不知道。
　The pot of noodles is just boiling over. Take the cover away!　煮面条的锅溢出来了，把锅盖拿开！
2. 到了爆发点 reach a crisis and become violent or uncontrollable
　Unless effective measures are taken, the situation is bound to boil over.　除非采取得力措施，否则事态一定会变得不可收拾。
　The small argument boiled over into a serious quarrel.　小小的争论酿成一场激烈的争吵。
3. 〈非正〉发怒 lose one's temper or be very angry
　Why is Mary's father boiling over again?　为什么玛丽的爸爸又发怒了?
　Tempers have begun to boil over and there will be trouble.　脾气上来了，准要麻烦。
　Whenever he boils over, nobody dares to say "Hello"to him.　他一发脾气，没人敢去向他打招呼。
　The trade union chief boiled over when the men voted against him.　那位工会首领在工人投他反对票时大发雷霆。
　He boiled over when his wife drove their new car into the wall.　在他妻子驾驶着他们的新车撞到墙上时，他大发了一通脾气。
　He was boiling over with indignation.　他义愤填膺。
　He boiled over with rage, feeling that everyone had neglected him.　他觉得大家忽视了他，便大发其火。
 ♣ boil up　(v.+adv.)
1. 煮至沸点，沸腾而出 come up boiling; bring to boiling point
　The water boiled up very quickly.　水很快就煮开了。
　The soup is nearly cold, I'll boil it up again for you.　汤快凉了，我给你热一下。
　The stew must be boiled up before serving.　炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
2. 加剧 arise or develop, especially of quarrels and arguments
　Jim's anger boiled up when he heard how Mary had been treated.　吉姆听到玛丽受到那样的待遇，火冒三丈。
　Trouble was boiling up in the Middle East.　中东的纠纷日益加剧。
 ♣ boil with　(v.+prep.)
1. 暴怒 violent rage; fury
　My blood boiled with me.　我怒不可遏。
　His rudeness made me boil with anger.　他的无礼使我十分生气。
　He was boiling with indignation.　他义愤填膺。
　Robert was boiling with anger.　罗伯特怒气冲冲。
2. 波涛汹涌 waves surging turbulently; waves running high
　The sea boiled with the storm.　暴风雨中，大海波涛汹涌。
　His mind was boiling with mirth, fear and pride.　快意、恐惧、自豪一起在他心头翻腾。

 ♣ boil, seethe, simmer, stew
　这组词都有“蒸煮”“煮沸”的意思。其区别在于：
1. boil指把东西放在水中快速煮沸，是普通的用语。
2. seethe多指海水翻滚，用于情绪，指受到剧烈的刺激，致使激昂万分而无法抑制。例如：
　The sea was seething around the rocks.　海水在岩石周围翻滚。
　She was seething with joy.　她喜形于色。
3. simmer指慢慢地加热到几乎沸腾，用于情绪，则指不太紧张，还未达到难以控制的程度。例如：
　Bring the mixture to the boil, then simmered for five minutes.　把混合剂煮沸，然后再用火煮五分钟。
　I was simmering with indignation.　我满腔愤怒。
4. stew只限于把鱼、肉和蔬菜在肉汁或调料中混煮，多指用文火慢慢地熬。例如：
　Leave the vegetables and fish to stew gently.　把蔬菜和鱼用文火煮着。

1. 多给我们煮点米饭吧。
　［误］ Boil our dinner the rice.
　［正］ Boil the rice for our dinner.
　［析］ boil接双宾语时，其间接宾语须为人。
2. 烧点开水吧。
　［误］ Boil some hot water.
　［正］ Boil some water.
　［析］ “烧点开水”的含义是“把水烧开”，并非把热水拿来烧。
3. 他正在喝开水。
　［误］ He is drinking boiling water.
　［正］ He is drinking boiled water.
　保温瓶里有些开水。
　［误］ There is some boiling water in the thermos bottle.
　［正］ There is some boiled water in the thermos bottle.
　［析］ boiling water的意思是“滚开的水”“沸腾的水”，是不能喝的；而boiled water的意思是“烧开过的水”“煮开过的水”，是可以喝的。

1. S 煮沸　 act or period of boiling
2. U 沸点　 boiling point
3. U 激动　 be boiling with anger
4. C 〈医〉疔疮，脓肿　 hard swelling on the body caused by infection

　be at the ～　在沸腾中
　be on the ～　在沸点
　bring to the ～　把…煮沸
　come to the ～　煮沸
　～ with rage　狂怒

　Give the clothes a good boil and they'll come white.　把衣服好好煮一煮，它们就会变白的。
　Give the towel a good boil and it'll come clean.　把毛巾好好煮一煮就会变干净。
　Bring the milk to a boil.　把牛奶煮沸。
　Bring it to the boil, then turn down the heat.　先将它煮沸，然后再用文火炖。
　The water must first come to a boil.　水必须先煮开。
　After the water comes to a boil add the noodles.　水开之后把面条放入。
　Bring the water to the boil, please.　请把水煮沸。
　She brought the milk to the boil.　她把牛奶煮沸。
　The milk has nearly come to the boil.　牛奶即将煮沸。
　That project we postponed has finally come to the boil and we must start work on it next week.　我们曾拖延下来的那个项目终于进入关键时刻，我们必须下周着手进行。
　His anger came to a boil.　他愤怒到了极点。
　He saw a huge boil in the water.　他看见水中有个巨大的旋涡。
　Apply hot compresses to a boil.　用热敷布把脓肿包住。

 ♣ on the boil　
　沸腾着；激动　boiling
　The porridge is on the boil.　粥在开着。
　The water is just on the boil.　水刚开。
　I know there'd be a kettle on the boil down in the kitchen.　我知道厨房里总有一壶烧开的水。
　France's student rebels are on the boil again.　法国的学生造反派又群情激昂了。
　The restless students are on the boil again.　不安分的学生们又处于激动之中。
 ♣ go off the boil　
　（刺激、兴奋等）过了顶峰　lose interest
　Try to keep them interested in the deal—we don't want them to go off the boil.　设法保持他们对这笔交易的兴趣——我们不想让他们对此事的兴趣淡漠下来。

　［同义词］ v. bubble, foam, seethe, simmer, stew n. abscess, anthrax, blain, ulcer
　［词源］　古法语boillir <拉丁语 bullire（沸，气泡）