1. 用作及物动词表示“烹煮”时，可后接双宾语。如：
Mother boiled me an egg.
= Mother boiled an egg for me.
母亲给我煮了一个鸡蛋。
2. boiling water与boiled water意思不同，前者指“正在沸腾的水”，后者指“开水（已经开过的水）”。
Why did you wash it in boiling water? 你为什么把它放在开水里洗？
Cool the boiled water to proper temperature. 把开水冷却到适当的温度。
3. 在口语中，现在分词boiling可用作副词，但通常只限于boiling hot（很热）这一搭配中，相当于very hot。如：a boiling hot day 炎热的一天。类似的还有：a baking hot day 炎热的一天 / piping hot water (soup) 滚烫的水（汤）等。
单词：boil的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
boil/thermos/oil/oily/petrol/soil/spoil
记忆：
1. oil音“哦，油”， n. 油，石油 vt. 给(机器等)加油 The washing machine needs oiling. 洗衣机需要加点油。
2. 加形容词后缀-y: oily adj.油的, 油滑的, 油腔滑调的 Be careful. The road is oily. 小心！路滑！
3. b, 音联想沸腾时发出的声音， boil 沸腾，煮 We ought to drink more boiled water. 我们应该多喝点开水。
4. s, 音联想“食”，soil,给我们提供食物的肥沃地方，n. 土壤。Some plants can grow without soil.一些植物不需要土壤也能生长。 格言： It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
5. sp,音“撕破”， spoil vt.损坏, 搞糟, 宠坏, 溺爱 A child will be spoiled if you give him whatever he asks for. 如果孩子要什么就给什么的话，他会被宠坏的。
6. the, 音“热”， thermos 装热水的东西 n. 热水瓶 There is some hot water in the thermos. Just help yourself when thirsty. 热水瓶里有热水，口渴的话请自便。
另类阅读：
The oil begins to boil. I’m afraid it will spoil the soil.
与单词：boil 相关的例句或者名人名言
I boil water in my kettle to make tea.
我把壶里的水烧开用来泡茶。
N-UNCOUNT. 菠菜. Spinach is a vegetable with large dark green leaves that you chop up and boil in water before eating.
Tempers had begun to boil over and there would be trouble.
大家开始动了肝火，就要吵起来了。
The soup is boiling.
汤在沸腾。
※A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。
※To a boiling pot flies come not. 苍蝇不叮沸水壶。
