The kettle is boiling away.
壶中水不断沸腾。
The kettle was boiling away on the fire.
水壶里的水在炉火上开个不停。
The water was boiling away in the kettle.
壶中的水一直开着。
The potatoes have been boiling away for 20 minutes.
土豆已经煮了近二十分钟。
boil awayAll the water boiled away and the kettle was ruined.
壶里的水全部烧干,壶也烧坏了。
He was driving so fast that the engine got very hot and the water boiled away.
他开车太快,以致引擎过热,水箱里的水也烧干了。
He was so concentrated on the TV programme that he forgot the cooking and the water in the pot boiled away.
他注意力全集中在电视节目上,忘了正在做的饭,把锅里的水都烧干了。
boil sth ⇔ awayThey boiled the excess liquid away.
他们煮去了多余的液体。
boil awayHer anger boiled away soon.
她很快就消气了。
The syrup boils down in a short time.
这糖浆很快就能熬浓。
boil sth ⇔ downThey are boiling down the bones.
他们正在熬骨头汤。
Please boil down the fish soup.
请把鱼汤烧得浓一点。
They boil down horses' hoofs to get glue.
他们用马蹄熬制水胶。
When he made the stew, the water was boiled down.
他炖肉时,把汤熬得很浓。
A solution of sugar boils down to a syrup.
糖水煮浓而成糖浆。
Put a lot of the vegetable in the pan, it all boils down to a small quantity.
往锅里多放些菜,一煮就少了。
boil sth ⇔ down to sthUse plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity.
要用足够的蔬菜,因为一煮就剩不下多少了。
boil sth ⇔ down to sthCan you boil the story down to five hundred words?
你能把这故事压缩到500字吗?
Boil the passage down to two hundred words, please.
请把这段文字压缩到200字。
You can boil the long story down to a few sentences and it still has the same meaning.
你可把这长篇大论压缩成几句话而原意不变。
Read through this passage of prose and then boil it down to a hundred words.
请读这段散文,然后将其概括为一百字。
boil down to sthIt all boils down to one thing— human nature.
所有这些都可归结为一点——人的天性。
The whole matter boils down to a power struggle between the trade union and the directors.
整个事情归根结底无非是工会与董事们之间的权力之争。
What it all seemed to boil down to was money.
这一切似乎都归结到金钱上。
His reasons for not wanting to go all boil down to the fact that he doesn't have enough money.
他不想去的全部理由可以归结为:他没有足够的钱。
All he said boils down to this:live and learn.
他的讲话归纳起来就是一点:活到老学到老。
The advice we gave him boiled down to this:he should take care of his health.
我们给他的劝告可归结为:他该注意自己的健康。
It all boils down to a clear case of murder.
种种迹象表明这是一起谋杀案。
I suppose it all boils down to this.
我看归结起来可以这样说。
The whole discussion boils down to the question of whether the government should fix prices.
整个讨论归根结底是研讨政府是否应稳定物价问题。
His answer boils down to a refusal.
他的回答同拒绝没有差别。
These facts boil down to very little significance.
这些事实没有多大意义。
The whole question boils down to whether you want to go or not.
整个问题可归结为你到底愿不愿去。
Some of the stiffness will boil out when you first wash the cloth.
你第一次洗那布料时,部分浆性就会被烫掉。
boil sth ⇔ outYou may want to boil out some of the stiffness.
你也许想烫掉一些浆性。
The water boiled up very quickly.
水很快就煮开了。
boil sth ⇔ upThe soup is nearly cold,I'll boil it up again for you.
汤快凉了,我给你热一下。
The stew must be boiled up before serving.
炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
boil upJim's anger boiled up when he heard how Mary had been treated.
吉姆听到玛丽受到那样的待遇,火冒三丈。
Trouble was boiling up in the Middle East.
中东的纠纷日益加剧。
My blood boiled with me.
我怒不可遏。
His rudeness made me boil with anger.
他的无礼使我十分生气。
He was boiling with indignation.
他义愤填膺。
Robert was boiling with anger.
罗伯特怒气冲冲。
boil with sthThe sea boiled with the storm.
暴风雨中,大海波涛汹涌。
His mind was boiling with mirth, fear and pride.
快意、恐惧、自豪一起在他心头翻腾。