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発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /əˈbɔɪl/, /əˈbɔɪl̩/
• 韻: -ɔɪl

形容詞

aboil (comparative more aboil, superlative most aboil)

1. In a boil; boiling. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]
   • 1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter 7, in Peter and Wendy‎, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 94:

     The cooking, I can tell you, kept her nose to the pot, and even if there was nothing in it, even though there was no pot, she had to keep watching that it came aboil just the same.

   • 1999 July 18, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Ga, page 8:

     Being a devotee of the Johnny Weismuller school of Tarzaning, no wasp-waisted cartoon character can get my blood aboil.

   • 2004, Patrick Livingston, Eight Steamboats: Sailing Through the Sixties, page 156:

     The stove is full, with corned beef asimmer in one pot, cabbage aboil in another, and vegetable soup asteam in a third.

2. (figurative) Heated up; excited. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]
   • 1923, Donn Byrne, “Belfasters”, in Changeling and Other Stories,‎, New York: Century, page 100:

     He plugged on steadily, unmindful of where he was going. He was aboil with perturbation.

   • 1981, Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise‎, New York: Knopf, page 87:

     At ten o’clock on the morning of his third visit, Pablo found himself aboil with rage and sweat, glaring into the druggist’s thick horn-rimmed spectacles in an attempt to engage the dead bug eyes behind them.

副詞

aboil (not comparable)

1. In a boil; boiling. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]
2. (figurative) Heated up; excited. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]

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アナグラム

• Biola, abilo, bailo, baloi, labio-