hard-boiled

• يصف البيض المسلوق حتى يتصلب بياضه وصفاره تمامًا؛ ويُستخدم مجازًا لوصف الشخص القاسي أو عديم الشعور أو صلب الطباع أو المحنّك.

Describes an egg cooked until both the white and yolk are solid; also used figuratively to describe a person who is tough, unemotional, and experienced.

1. Emotionally hardenedB2informal

   Having become tough, callous, or unsentimental as a result of difficult life experiences.

   قاسي القلب

   • Years of working as a war correspondent made him a hard-boiled journalist.
   • She has a hard-boiled attitude towards business negotiations.
   • The detective in the novel is a classic hard-boiled character.

   المرادفاتcallouscase-hardenedcynicalhard-bittenhardenedsteelythick-skinnedtoughunsentimental

   الأضدادcompassionategentlesensitivesofttenderwarmhearted

2. Tough and cynicalB2informal

   Used to describe a person who is emotionally hardened and shows little sympathy or sentiment.

   قاسٍ ومتشكك

   • He's a hard-boiled cynic who doesn't believe in charity.
   • The film features a hard-boiled private eye with a dark past.
   • Her hard-boiled exterior hides a vulnerable heart.

   المرادفاتcallouscase-hardenedcoldcynicalhardenedheartlesstoughunfeelingunsentimental

   الأضدادcompassionategentlekindsentimentalsoftsympathetictenderwarm

3. Cooked eggA2formal

   Describes an egg that has been cooked in its shell until both the white and the yolk are solid.

   مسلوق جيدًا

   • I prefer hard-boiled eggs in my salad.
   • She packed a couple of hard-boiled eggs for the picnic.
   • Hard-boiled eggs are easy to peel after cooling them in ice water.

   الأضدادsoft-boiled