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词汇 boil up
释义
Phr V
boil up
boils, boiling, boiled
boil up sth or boil sth up
mainly British & Australian to heat liquid or food in a pan until it boils
Just add a spoonful of coffee to the water and boil it all up with a little sugar.
boil up
literary if a bad emotion {e.g. anger} boils up, it becomes very strong and is difficult to controloften + in
Anger suddenly boiled up in him.
phraseboil up1. boil up sthboil sth up especially BrE to heat liquid or food until it starts to boil: Sit down and relax while I boil up some water for tea. Should we boil up a big pot of rice to go with the vegetables?2. boil up if angry feelings boil up inside you, you suddenly feel very angry: She stared at him for a moment, anger boiling up inside her.3. boil up if a quarrel or an unpleasant situation boils up, it suddenly starts to happen and becomes difficult to control: A price war is boiling up between the US and Japan. SIMILAR TO: heat up

boil up

1. To prepare food in boiling water. A noun or pronoun can be used between "boil" and "up." I'm just boiling up some pasta for dinner—it will be ready soon.
2. To increase in strength and intensity. Things had been tense between my aunts for a while, but those feelings really boiled up when they were forced to be together for days on our family vacation.

boil something up

Rur. to cook a batch of food by boiling. She boiled some beans up for dinner. She boiled up some potatoes.

boil up

v.
1. To prepare some food by boiling it: I boiled up some lobster for supper. Let's boil the potatoes up and fry them with ham.
2. To grow rapidly and steadily; escalate: Hostilities have been boiling up all over that part of the world.
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