boil，英语单词，主要用作名词、动词。作名词时译为“煮沸，沸腾；疖，皮下脓肿；激昂，兴奋”，作动词时译为“使沸腾，煮沸，烧开；用开水煮”等。

英 [bɔɪl] 美 [bɔɪl]

v. （使）沸腾，煮沸，烧开；用开水煮；怒火中烧；（海，云）翻腾

n. 煮沸，沸腾；疖，皮下脓肿；激昂，兴奋；突然浮上来食鱼饵

【名】 （Boil）（美）博伊尔（人名）

[ 复数 boils 第三人称单数 boils 现在分词 boiling 过去式 boiled 过去分词 boiled ]

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

boil /bɔɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( boiling, boiled, boils )

1.V-T/V-I When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour. 使…沸腾; 沸腾

2.V-T/V-I When you boil a pot or a kettle, or put it on to boil, you heat the water inside it until it boils. 烧开

3.V-I When a pot is boiling, the water inside it has reached boiling point. 烧沸 [only cont]

4.V-T/V-I When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water. 煮

5.V-I If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry. 发怒 [usu cont]

6.N the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil) 沸腾

7.N-COUNT A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin that contains a thick yellow liquid called pus. 疖子

8.→ see also boiling

9.PHRASE When you bring a liquid to a boil, you heat it until it boils. When it comes to a boil, it begins to boil. 烧沸/开始沸腾

boil down 归结；煮浓

boil over 沸溢；发怒

bring to the boil 使沸腾；使事情难于处理；使处于危急关头

boil up 煮滚；烧开

on the boil ◎在沸腾 , ◎在兴奋中，在激动中 , ◎正被积极审议的

boil dry 煮干；蒸发至干

boil off 汽化；煮掉

off the boil ◎刚停止沸腾 , ◎不再急于行动；不再处于最兴奋(或最活跃)的状态之中