parboil
verb- parboil something
to boil food, especially vegetables, until it is partly cooked Topics Cooking and eatingc2(尤指将蔬菜)煮成半熟 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French parbouillir, from late Latin perbullire ‘boil thoroughly’, from Latin per- ‘through, thoroughly’ (later confused with part) + bullire ‘to boil’.