To parboil food is to boil it only until it is partly cooked — still firm, not ready as a finished dish. Cooks do this on purpose: parboil potatoes, then roast them so the inside is on its way and the outside can go crisp; parboil ribs, then grill them. It is a kitchen verb, practical rather than fancy.

To parboil food把食物parboil is to boil it only until it is partly cooked就是只煮到半熟 still firm還是硬的 not ready as a finished dish還不能當成一道完成的菜 Cooks do this on purpose廚師是故意這樣做的 parboil potatoes把馬鈴薯parboil then roast them然後再拿去烤 so the inside is on its way好讓裡面已經半熟 and the outside can go crisp外面才能烤得酥脆 parboil ribs把肋排parboil then grill them然後再拿去烤架上烤 It is a kitchen verb這是個廚房用語 practical rather than fancy很實用而不花俏

It is not a two-second dip in hot water (that is closer to blanching), and it is not cooking something all the way through.

It is not a two-second dip in hot water它不是丟進熱水裡兩秒鐘 (that is closer to blanching)（那比較接近blanching燙一下） and it is not cooking something all the way through而且也不是把東西煮到全熟

Though actually the older French and Latin idea was “boil thoroughly” (Latin per, “through and through”). English speakers heard par- and thought of part, and the meaning flipped. In today’s English you can forget the old sense: parboil means part-cooked, then you finish it another way.

Though actually不過事實上 the older French and Latin idea was更早的法文和拉丁文原意是 “boil thoroughly”「徹底煮透」 (Latin per, “through and through”)（拉丁文per，就是「徹徹底底」的意思） English speakers heard par-英語使用者聽到par- and thought of part就聯想到part「部分」 and the meaning flipped於是意思就整個翻轉了 In today’s English在今天的英文裡 you can forget the old sense你可以忘掉那個舊意思 parboil means part-cookedparboil指的是煮到半熟 then you finish it another way然後再用別的方式完成它