hard-boiled

Word family verbhardenadjectivehardenedhardishhard-and-fasthardbackedhard-bittenhard-boiledhard-earnedhard-foughthard-headedhard-heartedhard-hittinghardlinehardmouthedhardnosedhard-pressedhardshellhard-wearinghard-wiredhard-wonhardworkinghardnounhardenerhardeninghardnesshardshiphardbackhardbakehardballhardbeamhardboardhard copyhard corehard courthard currencyhard diskhard drivehardfacehardgrasshardhackhard hathardheadhard labourhard linehardlinerhard-luck storyhardpartshard rockhard sellhard shoulderhardtackhardtailhardtophardwarehardwaremanhardwood

Related topics: Cooking

ˌhard-ˈboiled adjectiveadj

1. DFCa hard-boiled egg has been boiled until it becomes solid 〔鸡蛋〕煮得老[硬]的 → soft-boiled

2 informal

a) not showing your emotions and not influenced by your feelings 不动感情的，铁石心肠的 SYN tough

a hard-boiled marketing executive

一位强悍的营销主管

b) hard-boiled film/thriller/fiction etc a film etc that deals with people who do not show their emotions (冷)硬派电影/惊悚片/小说等

Examples from the Corpus

hard-boiled• a hard-boiled businesswoman• hard-boiled detective novels• A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.• For example, there is the hard-boiled egg diet where four to six eggs are eaten each day.• He arrived at the picnic when even the last hard-boiled egg had been consumed.• Halve six hard-boiled eggs and lay 3 on each plate.• Stuffed hard-boiled eggs, most often called deviled eggs, can be spicy, plain or very exotic.• There were bowls of coleslaw and potato salad laced with green peas, buttered garlic rolls and hard-boiled eggs.• Blanche told him what Spittals had said and he looked at her with his brown, hard-boiled eyes.• Since then, Johnson has established himself as a novelist with the large, messy talent of a hard-boiled poet.

词汇	hard-boiled
释义	hard-boiled Word family verbhardenadjectivehardenedhardishhard-and-fasthardbackedhard-bittenhard-boiledhard-earnedhard-foughthard-headedhard-heartedhard-hittinghardlinehardmouthedhardnosedhard-pressedhardshellhard-wearinghard-wiredhard-wonhardworkinghardnounhardenerhardeninghardnesshardshiphardbackhardbakehardballhardbeamhardboardhard copyhard corehard courthard currencyhard diskhard drivehardfacehardgrasshardhackhard hathardheadhard labourhard linehardlinerhard-luck storyhardpartshard rockhard sellhard shoulderhardtackhardtailhardtophardwarehardwaremanhardwood Related topics: Cooking ˌhard-ˈboiled adjectiveadj 1. DFCa hard-boiled egg has been boiled until it becomes solid 〔鸡蛋〕煮得老[硬]的 → soft-boiled 2 informal a) not showing your emotions and not influenced by your feelings 不动感情的，铁石心肠的 SYN tough a hard-boiled marketing executive 一位强悍的营销主管 b) hard-boiled film/thriller/fiction etc a film etc that deals with people who do not show their emotions (冷)硬派电影/惊悚片/小说等 Examples from the Corpus hard-boiled• a hard-boiled businesswoman• hard-boiled detective novels• A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.• For example, there is the hard-boiled egg diet where four to six eggs are eaten each day.• He arrived at the picnic when even the last hard-boiled egg had been consumed.• Halve six hard-boiled eggs and lay 3 on each plate.• Stuffed hard-boiled eggs, most often called deviled eggs, can be spicy, plain or very exotic.• There were bowls of coleslaw and potato salad laced with green peas, buttered garlic rolls and hard-boiled eggs.• Blanche told him what Spittals had said and he looked at her with his brown, hard-boiled eyes.• Since then, Johnson has established himself as a novelist with the large, messy talent of a hard-boiled poet.
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