英语词汇boil的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	boil
词源	boil [ME] Boil in the sense of what hot water does is from Old French boillir, based on Latin bullire ‘to bubble’, from bulla ‘a bubble’. The swelling is unrelated, and was an Old English word.
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