boiling
/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ adjetivo B2En español: hervoroso
- That boils or boil. · boiling kettle boiling oil
- Of a thing: extremely hot or active. · The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.
- Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot. · I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?
- Of the weather: very hot. · It’s boiling out today!
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In serving the rabbit she spilled a great lot of it, boiling hot, over my hand and wrist.
A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.
I went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commissionnaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit-lamp.
“‘I was boiling the kettle when I fell asleep, sir.’ He looked at me and then up at the still quivering bell with an ever-growing astonishment upon his face.
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