boil
【煮沸、沸腾】
"Boil" 是一个动词和名词,主要指**“煮沸、沸腾”**,可以用于描述液体加热到沸腾的过程或状态,也可以用于表示由此引起的其他情况。
1. 作为动词(verb)——“煮沸、沸腾”
📌 指液体因加热到高温而变为气泡并开始冒泡,达到沸腾状态。
✅ 例句:
- Boil the water for three minutes before adding the pasta.
把水煮沸三分钟,然后加入意大利面。 - The kettle is boiling.
水壶在沸腾。 - She boiled the eggs for breakfast.
她把鸡蛋煮沸做早餐。
📌 扩展用法:
- boil over:表示液体在沸腾时溢出。
✅ 例句:- Be careful, the milk might boil over.
小心,牛奶可能会溢出。
- Be careful, the milk might boil over.
- boil down to:表示归结为、简化为某个核心问题。
✅ 例句:- It boils down to the question of trust.
归根结底是信任的问题。
- It boils down to the question of trust.
2. 作为名词(noun)——“沸腾、煮沸”
📌 指液体达到沸点并冒出气泡的状态。
✅ 例句:
- The boil of the soup was visible as bubbles formed on the surface.
汤的沸腾状态很明显,表面冒出了气泡。 - The water reached a boil after a few minutes.
水在几分钟后达到了沸点。
3. 其他含义
📌 (1)“boil” 也可以指皮肤上的脓包(疖)。
✅ 例句:
- He had a painful boil on his neck.
他的脖子上有一个痛苦的疖。
📌 (2)“boil” 还可表示激烈的情感或愤怒的表现。
✅ 例句:
- His anger began to boil over after the unfair treatment.
在不公平的对待后,他的愤怒开始爆发。
4. 近义词与用法
词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
cook | 做饭,烹饪 | Boil the potatoes and then mash them. |
simmer | 炖,温火慢煮 | Let the soup simmer for 30 minutes. |
seethe | 沸腾,愤怒的表现 | He seethed with anger after hearing the news. |
5. 常见搭配
📌 boil water(烧开水)
📌 boil an egg(煮鸡蛋)
📌 boil over(溢出)
📌 boiling point(沸点)
✅ 总结
- boil(动词)= 煮沸、沸腾,指液体达到沸点,变成气泡冒出。
- boil(名词)= 沸腾、煮沸的状态,也可以指脓包或情绪的爆发。
- 常见用法:**boil water(烧水)、boil an egg(煮鸡蛋)**等。