boil的意思|boil的解释-里氏词典

Boil \Boil\, v. t.
1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause
ebullition; as, to boil water.

2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to
boil sugar or salt.

3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as
to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing,
etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.

The stomach cook is for the hall,
And boileth meate for them all. --Gower.

4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]

To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can
not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new
seeds will sprout sooner. --Bacon.

{To boil down}, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil
down sap or sirup.

Boil \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boiled} (boild); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Boiling}.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. {Bull} an
edict, {Budge}, v., and {Ebullition}.]
1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the
generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or
of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point;
to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.

2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
31.

3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
when heated; as, the water boils away.

4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
as, his blood boils with anger.

Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
--Surrey.

5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
are boiling.

{To boil away}, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
the action of heat.

{To boil over}, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
as to lose self-control.

Boil \Boil\, n.
Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]

Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See {Beal}, {Bile}.]
A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration,
discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small
fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

{A blind boil}, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to
come to a head.

{Delhi boil} (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin,
probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as
among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.

"You can bake them and boil them or dry them out, grind them up and put them in your cookies and cakes," Mr. Sroda says.
Both mothers routinely boil the water their family drinks and try to buy bottled mineral water for the babies.
At the moment, Farmers' objections "seem to boil down to price," said Jonathan Lawlor, an analyst at Kleinwort Grieveson Securities Ltd., a London brokerage.
Officials throughout the region have urged people to boil water used for drinking or cooking.
"It was really, really bad," said 16-year-old David Woolwine. "Even when it wasn't looking bad, it smelled." About 45 residents supplied by the tank were told to boil their water, Edgemon said Wednesday after the body was found.
"Chief (Lincoln) White described him as a disruptive force and said if he comes back it would boil again," said McEligot.
Dealers said the drop in retail sales was good news and confirmed the market's hunch that the U.K. economy might be coming off the boil.
Those stands brought to a boil the conservative discontent that had simmered under Thompson, a moderate who vetoed anti-abortion legislation on constitutional grounds and spent much of his current term pushing for tax increases.
How does one boil down a sprawling novel of 30 chapters and nearly 600 pages?
To be safe, people were required to boil tap water for drinking or find an alternative uncontaminated supply (such as commercially bottled water).
Mr. Granz's methods also brought critics to a boil.
The Americans must forgo baths and boil water form the swimming pool to drink.
The firm says it's performing a wide range of scenario analyses on all different types of CMOs, which it intends to boil down into "volatility rankings" on a scale of one to 10.
Many economists had stated confidently their belief that if industrial activity reached 83 percent of capacity inflation would certainly boil over.
Oil lightly the base of a second steamer basket, lay the fish in it skin side down, and season with salt and pepper. Bring the stock to the boil and stir in the soaked and drained rice.
The boil must be lanced and it must be lanced today'.
Selfishness is exposed like an ugly boil; loyality, optimism and honesty glow.
Add the cream, bring to the boil and simmer briefly until slightly reduced and thickened.
In that case, officials said the fire caused a quart of beer that remained in the keg to boil, and steam and pressure built up until the keg exploded.
Most South Koreans boil their piped water to rid it of pollution from industrial waste.
John Poindexter, fired White House aide Col. North and others; by this summer, the dispute may boil over.
Health workers urged people to boil drinking water and use chlorine to treat water stored in cisterns.
The long-simmering, church-state feud began to boil over after the government on Feb. 24 banned 18 leading anti-apartheid organizations from participating in politics.
Ms. St. John decided to go public when she became outraged over accusations that witches practice devil worship and black magic, or that they boil babies to obtain the fat for making altar candles.
It makes my blood boil." The Inquirer still has a few reservations about Pennsylvania's choice plan.
A manufacturer's announcement last week that it was recalling one of its coffee makers has led to a flood of calls that have tied up a toll-free number and brought some consumers to a fast boil.
I can go numb, nod off. Any higher than 90, and I can boil myself without knowing it." Wrinkled feet are another hazard, said Parker, who has survived four tub-joking marathons.
Public dissent threatened to boil over earlier this year, when scores of East Germans were arrested in crackdowns.
Recalls one individual close to deposed junk-bond king Michael Milken: "Breeden wanted to boil Michael in oil." Even relatively small-potatoes cases are coming under the hot spotlight.
Warnings by city officials to use only bottled or boiled tap water have been difficult to comply with due to a rapid sellout in stores of mineral water and the lack of electricty to boil water.

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