boil down A. intransitive verb ① Cooking (be reduced) 熬浓 áonóng ② ▸ to boil down to sth figurative (be the essence of) 归结为某事物 guījié wéi mǒu shìwù B. transitive verb [boil sth down] ① Cooking 熬浓 áonóng ② figurative (make shorter) 压缩 yāsuō ‹report›▸ to boil the speech down to ten minutes 将演讲压缩到10分钟 |