Broil



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 烧烤
• ［英］ v. 烧烤 ( cook by direct heat)
• ［例］ broil chicken over a small fire ( 在小火上烤鸡肉) n.v.争吵, 怒骂

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French bruiller to burn, broil, modification of Latin ustulare to singe, from urere to burn
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat ; grill
• intransitive verb
  • to be subjected to great or oppressive heat <broiling in the sun>

II. noun

• Date: 1563
• the act or state of broiling

III. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French broiller to jumble, mix, from Vulgar Latin *brodiculare, from *brod-, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brod broth — more at broth
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • brawl
• transitive verb
  • embroil

IV. noun

• Date: 1525
• a noisy disturbance ; tumult; especially brawl <a tavern row…widens into a general broil — J. R. Green>

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