0 A hard-boiled egg has been heated in its shell in boiling water until both the white and yellow parts are solid. -- （蛋）煮得老的
1 used to describe a strong and determined person who shows little emotion -- （人）冷酷的，不動感情的
That did not work very well either, so she started hawking hard-boiled eggs with pepper (a popular snack).
We are "hard-boiled," we know the strength, we know the game—the ducking and diving just before an election.
I continue to eat hard-boiled, scrambled or lightly fried eggs.
He said that his experience was that the smaller stations were usually owned by hard-boiled businessmen, unashamedly out for all the profit they could get.
Some people take a hard-boiled view on the matter and rebuke those who take a soft view on the grounds of sentimentality.
You cannot turn it on or off, and in this mild weather you are rather inclined to arrive like a hard-boiled egg.
He said that the local stations are usually owned by hard-boiled business men who are unashamedly out for all the profit they can get.
But those hard-boiled eggs are chemically treated and sometimes the chemical treatment goes wrong and the hard-boiled eggs have to be discarded.
