Used about an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water, but only for a short time — long enough for the white to set, while the yolk in the middle stays runny or soft. Roughly four to six minutes, depending on how you like it.

Used about an egg用來形容一顆蛋， cooked in its shell in boiling water帶殼放進滾水裡煮， but only for a short time但只煮很短的時間— long enough for the white to set剛好讓蛋白凝固， while the yolk in the middle stays runny or soft中間的蛋黃還是流動或軟軟的。Roughly four to six minutes大約四到六分鐘， depending on how you like it看你喜歡的熟度而定。

You eat a soft-boiled egg out of the shell with a small spoon, often standing in an egg cup, and people dip strips of toast into the yolk.

You eat a soft-boiled egg吃溏心蛋的時候 out of the shell with a small spoon用小湯匙從殼裡挖出來吃， often standing in an egg cup常常會放在蛋杯裡立著， and people dip strips of toast into the yolk大家會把吐司條沾著蛋黃吃。

Keep the family straight: soft-boiled (runny yolk), hard-boiled (cooked all the way through, yolk firm and pale), poached (no shell, cooked in the water itself).

Keep the family straight把這一家子分清楚： soft-boiled (runny yolk) soft-boiled是蛋黃還流動的、 hard-boiled (cooked all the way through, yolk firm and pale) hard-boiled是整個煮熟、蛋黃結實又偏白的、 poached (no shell, cooked in the water itself) poached則是沒有殼、直接在水裡煮的水波蛋。

Write it with the hyphen when it comes before the noun — 'a soft-boiled egg'. Note that 'hard-boiled', its opposite, also describes a tough unemotional person or a type of crime novel; 'soft-boiled' has no such life of its own and is used almost only about eggs.

Write it with the hyphen要加連字號， when it comes before the noun當它放在名詞前面的時候— — ‘a soft-boiled egg’像「a soft-boiled egg一顆溏心蛋」。Note that ‘hard-boiled’, its opposite,要注意，它的反義詞hard-boiled， also describes a tough unemotional person or a type of crime novel還可以用來形容一個冷酷不帶感情的人，或一種犯罪小說類型； ‘soft-boiled’ has no such life of its own soft-boiled沒有這種額外的用法， and is used almost only about eggs幾乎只拿來講蛋。