boil down
UKbɔildaun
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The verb 'boil' combined with the adverb 'down'.
مثال
- Let me boil down the main points of the presentation for you.
- The editor helped the writer boil the article down to 500 words.
- We need to boil this complex issue down to its core components.
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- be the essential element “The proposal boils down to a compromise” “Something is ----ing PP”
- be cooked until very little liquid is left “The sauce should reduce to one cup” “Something ----s”
- cook until very little liquid is left “The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time” “Somebody ----s something”