Word · Frequency #4944
boil
煮沸；烧开
To heat a liquid until it reaches boiling point.
- 1.
To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
加热至沸腾；煮沸。
- 2.
To cook in boiling water.
在沸水中煮。
- 3.
To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
开始汽化；沸腾；翻滚。
- 4.
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
达到沸点并从液态变为气态
- 5.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
通过煮沸或蒸发形成或分离。
- 6.
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
像沸水般翻滚；冒泡；起泡。
- 7.
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
情绪激昂；激动；狂热。
煮；沸腾；翻滚；熬出；煮出；十分气愤；发火；加热至沸腾；煮沸。
In use
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
The kettle is boiling on the stove.
She boiled the water for tea.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
boil + object
及物用法，后接被煮沸的液体或食物。
Boil the water for five minutes.
把水煮沸五分钟。
subject + boil
不及物用法，主语为液体或容器。
The kettle is boiling.
水壶在沸腾。
boil over
短语动词，表示煮沸后溢出。
The milk boiled over and made a mess.
Connections
Collocations
- boil water
- 烧水
- Please boil some water for tea.请烧些水泡茶。
- boil eggs
- 煮鸡蛋
- I usually boil eggs for breakfast.我通常煮鸡蛋当早餐。
- boil over
- （液体）煮沸溢出
- The milk boiled over and made a mess.牛奶煮沸溢了出来，弄得一团糟。
- boil down
- 煮沸浓缩；归结为
- Boil down the sauce until it thickens.把酱汁煮浓。
- boil potatoes
- 煮土豆
- She boiled the potatoes for the salad.她把土豆煮了做沙拉。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
男孩（boy）加l，就是煮沸（boil）。
Context & Register
字面义‘煮沸’常用在中性语境（烹饪、实验室）；比喻义‘激动’多用于非正式或文学描述。
Grammar Note
boil 可作及物或不及物动词。不及物时意为'沸腾'，如 The water is boiling. 及物时意为'煮沸，烧开'，如 Boil some water.
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with 'boil' (stressed /ɔɪl/). Watch out for lookalikes like 'bowl' (/boʊl/) which sound different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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