overboil

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词形变化

overboiled overboiling overboils 三单 overboils overboiling 现在分词 overboiled 过去式 overboiled 过去分词

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    To boil excessively.

    及物/不及物

    If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.

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词源

From over- + boil.

来源:wiktionary