熬áo

 ❶ (把粮食等放在水里，煮成糊状) cook (cereals,etc.) into porridge or thick soup:～ 粥 cook [make] gruel；
汤快～ 干了。 The soup is overstewed,it's nearly dried up.
❷ （把东西放在容器里久煮） extract sth.'s essence by long boiling:～ 盐 make salt by boiling seawater；～ 药 decoct Chinese medicine by boiling and simmering medicinal herbs,etc. in water
❸ （忍受） endure;hold out;go through;bear;stand:～ 过苦役 endure the hard labour；～ 过苦难的岁月 go through years of suffering and privation；～ 红了眼睛 stay up till one's eyes become bloodshot；
我不知道穷人们是怎样 ～ 过那些寒冬的。 I don't know how poor people got through those cold winters. 我坐在他旁边，苦苦 ～ 了两个钟头。 Seated beside him,I bore the ordeal for two hours. 仲夏酷暑尤其令人难 ～。 It is particularly difficult to bear up against the midsummer heat.
另见 see also āo。
◆熬煎 suffering;torture；
熬夜 stay up late;stay up all night;work or gamble until deep into the night;burn the midnight oil