boil
in Vietnamese Đun sôi, nấu sôi
BrE /bɔɪl/ AmE /boʊl/
verb en → vi
past boiled pp boiled ing boiling
Đun sôi, nấu sôi
to heat water until it bubbles and makes a noise
- boil something
Collocations boil water · boil an egg
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Boil the kettle for two minutes.
Đun sôi ấm nước trong hai phút.
Đun sôi, đun bốc hơi
to heat a liquid until it changes to gas and bubbles appear on the surface
- boil something
Collocations boil soup · boil milk
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Boil the soup until it reduces.
Đun sôi canh cho đến khi nó cạn lại.
Sốt, bị sốt
to have a high body temperature because of illness or fever
- sb boils
Collocations boil with a fever · boil with a cold
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She's boiling with a fever.
Cô ấy đang sốt cao vì cảm lạnh.
Bốc hỏa, nổi giận
to become very angry or annoyed
- sb boils with anger
Collocations boil with rage · boil with fury
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He boiled with rage when he heard the news.
Anh ta đã nổi giận dữ khi nghe tin đó.
Nổi lên như sôi, bận rộn náo nhiệt
to be very busy or active, especially in a way that is difficult to control
- sb boils
Collocations boil with activity · boil over with excitement
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The city was boiling with activity.
Thành phố đang nhộn nhịp và bận rộn.