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boil [boils] (accumulation of pus) noun [UK: bɔɪl] [US: ˌbɔɪl] | 疔 /dīng/noun 疔疮 /dīngchuāng/noun 疔瘡noun |
boil [boiled, boiling, boils] (begin to turn into a gas) verb [UK: bɔɪl] [US: ˌbɔɪl] | 沸腾 /fèiténg/verb 沸騰verb |
boil [boiled, boiling, boils] (cook in boiling water) verb [UK: bɔɪl] [US: ˌbɔɪl] | 熬 /āo/verb |
boil [boiled, boiling, boils] (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) verb [UK: bɔɪl] [US: ˌbɔɪl] | 煮 /zhǔ/verb 煮沸 /zhǔfèi/verb |
boiled (cooked in hot water) adjective [UK: bɔɪld] [US: ˌbɔɪld] | 煮 /zhǔ/adjective 煮沸 /zhǔfèi/adjective |
boiled egg [boiled eggs] (boiled egg (generic)) noun [UK: bɔɪld eɡ] [US: ˌbɔɪld ˈeɡ] | 水煮蛋 /shuǐzhǔdàn/noun |
boiled egg [boiled eggs] (hard-boiled egg) noun [UK: bɔɪld eɡ] [US: ˌbɔɪld ˈeɡ] | 全熟蛋 /quánshúdàn/noun |
boiled egg [boiled eggs] (soft-boiled egg) noun [UK: bɔɪld eɡ] [US: ˌbɔɪld ˈeɡ] | 半熟蛋 /bànshúdàn/noun |
boiler [boilers] (device for heating circulating water) noun [UK: ˈbɔɪ.lə(r)] [US: ˌbɔɪ.lər] | 鍋爐noun 锅炉 /guōlú/noun |
boiler room (room) noun [UK: ˈbɔɪ.lə(r) ruːm] [US: ˌbɔɪ.lər ˈruːm] | 鍋爐房noun 锅炉房 /guōlú fáng/noun |
boiling frog (person or thing in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril) noun | 温水煮青蛙 /wēnshuǐ zhǔ qīngwā/noun 溫水煮蛙noun 溫水煮青蛙noun |
boiling point [boiling points] (temperature at which a liquid boils) noun [UK: ˈbɔɪl.ɪŋ pɔɪnt] [US: ˌbɔɪl.ɪŋ ˈpɔɪnt] | 沸点 /fèidiǎn/noun 沸點noun |
a watched pot never boils (a process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it) phrase | 心急吃不了热豆腐 /xīnjí chībuliǎo rè dòufu/phrase 心急吃不了熱豆腐phrase |
bring to a boil (heat something until it reaches boiling point) verb | 沸腾 /fèiténg/verb 沸騰verb |
double boiler (pan containing hot water) noun | 双重蒸锅 /shuāngchóng zhēngguō/noun 水浴器 /shuǐyùqì/noun 雙重蒸鍋noun |
make someone's blood boil (cause a person to feel angry) verb | |
parboil [parboiled, parboiling, parboils] (partially boil) verb [UK: ˈpɑːbɔɪl] [US: ˈpɑːr.ˈbɔɪl] | |
soft-boiled (of an egg) adjective [UK: ˈsɒft bɔɪld] [US: ˈsɒft bɔɪld] | 半熟 /bàn shóu; bàn shú/adjective |
soft-boiled (sentimental) adjective [UK: ˈsɒft bɔɪld] [US: ˈsɒft bɔɪld] | 多愁善感的 /duōchóu-shàngǎn de/adjective |