单词	boil (sth) down
释义	Contents phrasal verb(2) boil (sth) down (1) boil sth down (1) English boil (sth) down — phrasal verb with boil uk/bɔɪl/us/bɔɪl/verb to heat a liquid or food so that part of it is turned into gas and its amount is reduced, or to be reduced in this way Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Physical & chemical processes addition reaction adiabatic adsorb advection alpha decay corrode degradable diffraction dissolve exothermic reaction impregnate redox refraction rehydrate saponification scald secretion sop suction the carbon cycle See more results » boil sth down — phrasal verb with boil uk/bɔɪl/us/bɔɪl/verb to reduce information, usually so that it contains only its most important parts: He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Becoming and making smaller or less a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom attenuate axe bite bite into sth dive drain let up lower make a hole in sth idiom miniaturization miniaturize minimize shrink slash *strip sth* away stripped down subside tail off take a tumble idiom See more results »**
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