boiling point
noun
uk/ˈbɔɪ.lɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/us/ˈbɔɪ.lɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/boiling pointnoun(LIQUID)
[SorC]
Theboilingpointof aliquidis thetemperatureat which itbecomesagas:
沸点Theboilingpointofwateris 100°C.水的沸点是100摄氏度。
Measurements of temperature
- C, c
- Celsius
- centigrade
- dewpoint
- eighties
- F, f
- Fahrenheit
- forties
- heat map
- K, k
- melting point
- nineties
- sixties
- slow
- sub-zero
- teens
- temperature
- thermo-
- twenties
- zero
boiling pointnoun(OUT OF CONTROL)
[S]
thepointwhen asituationis about to get out ofcontrolandbecomeviolent:
(事态的)爆发点UKThesituationin theinnercitywasreaching/atboilingpoint, so thepolicewere out inforce.内城的形势快要失控了,所以警察都全副武装出动了。
USThesituationin theinnercitywasreaching/attheboilingpoint, so thepolicewere out inforce.内城的形势快要失控了,所以警察都全副武装出动了。
[S]
thestageat which someone is about tobecomeveryangry
(人的愤怒情绪的)爆发点Turning points & deciding moments
- be at a crossroadsidiom
- breakthrough
- brink
- climax
- coming of age
- crunch
- D-Day
- defining moment
- edge
- if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
- landmark
- make or breaksomethingidiom
- point of no return
- red-letter day
- road
- road to Damascusidiom
- the moment of truthidiom
- turning point
- U-turn
- watershed
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Anger and displeasure