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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

boil [bɔɪl]
  1. 1. vt. [+water] 烧开
  2. 2. vt. [+eggs, potatoes etc] 煮
  3. 3. vi. [liquid+] 沸腾
  4. 4. noun [医] 疖子
    to boil a kettle
    烧开水
    to be boiling with anger {or} rage
    气愤至极
    to come to the {or} > a boil
    [US] 开始沸腾
    to bring a liquid to the boil
    把液体烧至沸腾
  5. 5. vi. 用法参见 cook

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

boil [bɔɪl] [bɔɪl]
  1. 1. vi. 煮沸，沸腾蒸发
    When I went to Africa, I had to boil the water before drinking it.
    去了非洲后，我必须把水煮沸才可以喝。
  2. 2. vi. 达到沸点；汽化
    The water should start boiling soon.
    水应该马上就要开了。
  3. 3. vi. （波浪）象沸水般翻腾
    There are some liquids such as nitrogen which boil at very low temperatures.
    有些液体，例如氮，在很低的温度下就会沸腾。
  4. 4. vi. 激动
    After listening to his speech, I was boiling with rage.
    听了他的演说，我怒不可遏。
  5. 5. vi. 在沸水中煮
  6. 6. vt. 煮沸，烧开
  7. 7. vt. 在沸水中煮（或加工，离析）
    You need to boil the dumplings for 10 minutes, and then they will be ready to eat.
    你得把饺子煮上十分钟才能吃。
  8. 8. noun 煮沸；沸点；沸腾
    All you have to do is bring the water to a boil; then add the spaghetti, but take it out in less than 8 minutes.
    你所需要做的就是把水烧开，将意大利面条放进去，但要在八分钟内把它捞出来。
    After the milk comes to a boil, put out the fire, and then slowly add the sugar.
    牛奶煮开后，熄掉火，然后慢慢加糖。

Collins English-English Dictionary

boil [bɔɪl]
  1. 1. vb to change or cause to change from a liquid to a vapour so rapidly that bubbles of vapour are formed copiously in the liquid - Compare evaporate
  2. 2. vb to reach or cause to reach boiling point
  3. 3. vb to cook or be cooked by the process of boiling
  4. 4. vi. [intr] to bubble and be agitated like something boiling; seethe
    the ocean was boiling
  5. 5. vi. [intr] to be extremely angry or indignant (esp in the phrase make one's blood boil)
    she was boiling at his dishonesty
  6. 6. vi. [intr] to contain a boiling liquid
    the pot is boiling
  7. 7. n the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil)
  8. 8. n See also boil away boil down boil off boil over boil up
  9. 9. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French boillir, from Latin bullire to bubble, from bulla a bubble
boil [bɔɪl]
  1. 1. n a red painful swelling with a hard pus-filled core caused by bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, esp at a hair follicle furuncle
  2. 2. n [Etymology] Old English byle; related to Old Norse beyla swelling, Old High German bulla bladder, Gothic ufbauljan to inflate
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Examples

He cannot even boil an egg!
他连煮鸡蛋都不会！ → egg
When I went to Africa, I had to boil the water before drinking it.
去了非洲后，我必须把水煮沸才可以喝。 → boil
You need to boil the dumplings for 10 minutes, and then they will be ready to eat.
你得把饺子煮上十分钟才能吃。 → boil
There are some liquids such as nitrogen which boil at very low temperatures.
有些液体，例如氮，在很低的温度下就会沸腾。 → boil
All you have to do is bring the water to a boil; then add the spaghetti, but take it out in less than 8 minutes.
你所需要做的就是把水烧开，将意大利面条放进去，但要在八分钟内把它捞出来。 → boil
After the milk comes to a boil, put out the fire, and then slowly add the sugar.
牛奶煮开后，熄掉火，然后慢慢加糖。 → boil
You should see a doctor for that boil because it could be something very grave indeed.
你应当去医院看看这个疖子，可能真的很严重呢。 → boil
to boil a kettle
烧开水 → boil
a boil
[US] 开始沸腾 → boil
to bring a liquid to the boil
把液体烧至沸腾 → boil
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