broil

/brɔɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /brɔɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbrȯi(-ə)l/ (ame, mw)

broil — verb

  • broilpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • broilshe / she / it
  • broiledpast simple
  • broiling-ing form

1. to prepare food by placing it close to a strong, dry source of heat such as a fl

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

to prepare food by placing it close to a strong, dry source of heat such as a flame or the top element of an oven, so that the outside crisps quickly.

例句

Eitan broiled the salmon fillets for six minutes on each side.

broil + object (food item); American kitchen usage

Slide the steak onto the top rack and broil until the edges turn dark brown.

imperative + duration clause; recipe register

同義詞
  • grill

    British English equivalent; in American English 'grill' means cooking over an open flame outdoors.

  • roast

    slower, all-around oven heat at lower temperature; not under direct top heat.

  • char

    implies a darker, burnt surface; broiling stops before that point.

反義詞
  • simmer

    cooking gently in liquid, the opposite of dry radiant heat.

  • steam

文法句型

broil + object

broil + for + duration

用法筆記

Mainly American English; British recipes typically use 'grill' for the same action. Subject is usually a person preparing food; object is the food item.

常見錯誤

❌I broiled the soup for ten minutes.
✅I simmered the soup for ten minutes.
💡broiling needs dry radiant heat, not a wet pot on the stove.
❌She broiled the bread in the toaster.
✅She toasted the bread in the toaster.
💡a toaster works by lower contact heat, not the direct overhead heat of a broiler.

2. to feel extremely uncomfortable from very high temperatures, especially because

2.動詞不及物C1
釋義

to feel extremely uncomfortable from very high temperatures, especially because of hot sunshine or trapped air without cool airflow.

例句

Tourists broiled on the white sand of the beach all afternoon without any shade.

broil + on/in (location of heat); summer scene

Élise broiled inside the parked car while waiting for her father to come back.

broil inside [enclosed hot space]

同義詞
  • swelter

    very close in meaning; slightly more literary.

  • roast

    informal figurative use for being very hot, like 'I'm roasting in here.'

  • bake

    informal for sitting in strong sun or heat without escape.

反義詞
  • freeze

    informal opposite for feeling very cold.

文法句型

broil in the sun

be broiling

用法筆記

Used as a vivid, informal exaggeration about people or places suffering in heat. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense never takes a food object — the subject is the person or place feeling the heat.

常見錯誤

❌The oven is broiling.' (meaning the oven feels hot)
✅The oven is very hot.
💡sense 2 describes people or open environments, not the heat source itself.

broil — noun