boil over

/ˌbɔɪl ˈoʊvɚ/· v.(短语动词)

政治/外交/军事B2

boil over
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Chinese meaning

总zǒng爆bào发fā,激jī化huà到dào顶dǐng点diǎn

情qíng绪xù矛máo盾dùn激jī化huà到dào失shī控kòng喷pēn发fā

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议yì长zhǎng与yǔ议yì员yuán的de长cháng期qī矛máo盾dùn公gōng开kāi总zǒng爆bào发fā

Example

Johnson-Massie feud boils over: "Why are we taking days off our calendar?"

约yuē翰hàn逊xùn与yǔ马mǎ西xī的de矛máo盾dùn总zǒng爆bào发fā:「我wǒ们men为wèi什shén么me要yào从cóng日rì程chéng表biǎo里lǐ砍kǎn掉diào这zhè些xiē天tiān?」

Source: Axios · 16 Sep 2026

Background ✎

众zhòng议yì院yuàn议yì长zhǎng约yuē翰hàn逊xùn又yòu一yī次cì提tí前qián让ràng众zhòng议yì院yuàn休xiū会huì,和hé共gòng和hé党dǎng众zhòng议yì员yuán托tuō马mǎ斯sī·马mǎ西xī的de矛máo盾dùn彻chè底dǐ爆bào发fā。马mǎ西xī正zhèng推tuī动dòng就jiù伊yī朗lǎng战zhàn事shì处chǔ理lǐ问wèn题tí弹tán劾hé国guó防fáng部bù长zhǎng赫hè格gé塞sāi斯sī,众zhòng议yì院yuàn在zài中zhōng期qī选xuǎn举jǔ前qián休xiū会huì六liù周zhōu以yǐ上shàng,让ràng这zhè项xiàng表biǎo决jué被bèi推tuī迟chí。

Roots · etymology

boil 源自拉丁 bullire(冒泡);over 表越出容器方向

  • boil(沸腾,冒泡)+ over(向外溢出,越过边界)

Collocations

  • tension boils over / anger boils over / feud boils over

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