hard-boiled
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhard-ˈboiled adjective 1. DFCa hard-boiled egg has been boiled until it becomes solid 〔鸡蛋〕煮得老[硬]的 → soft-boiled2 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.ˌhard-ˈboiled adjectiveChineseSyllable
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hard-boiled
ˌhard-ˈboiled
adjective
1. a hard-boiled egg has been boiled until it becomes solid ⇨ soft-boiled
2. informal
a. not showing your emotions and not influenced by your feelings
SYN tough:
a hard-boiled marketing executive
b. hard-boiled film/thriller/fiction etc a film etc that deals with people who do not show their emotions
ˌhard-ˈboiled
adjective1. a hard-boiled egg has been boiled until it becomes solid ⇨ soft-boiled
2. informal
a. not showing your emotions and not influenced by your feelings
SYN tough:
b. hard-boiled film/thriller/fiction etc a film etc that deals with people who do not show their emotions