potato
英 [pəˈteɪtəʊ]
美 [pəˈteɪtoʊ]
n. 马铃薯; 土豆; 洋芋
复数：potatoes
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3013 / COCA.2253
牛津词典
noun
- 马铃薯；土豆；洋芋
a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as the root of a plant also called a potato- Will you peel the potatoes for me?
你给我削土豆皮好不好？ - roast/boiled/baked/fried potatoes
烘 / 煮 / 烤 / 炸土豆
- Will you peel the potatoes for me?
柯林斯词典
- See also:sweet potato
- PHRASE 棘手的问题；烫手山芋；意见不一的复杂问题
You can refer to a difficult subject that people disagree on as ahot potato.- ...a political hot potato such as abortion.
类似堕胎这样政治上的烫手山芋
- ...a political hot potato such as abortion.
英英释义
noun
- an edible tuber native to South America
- annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers
双语例句
- Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato
现在专家们都在赞美其貌不扬的马铃薯的种种好处。 - I went and bought about six dollars 'worth of potato chips
我去买了大约6美元的薯条。 - This salad is made of apple, pear, potato and celery.
这份色拉是由苹果、梨、土豆和芹菜做成的。 - In fact, we ate so many sweet potatoes, I became orange with sweet potato.
实际上，我们吃了如此多的红薯，以致我都变成了和红薯一样的橘黄色。 - After a few years 'planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
土豆种了几年之后就会退化。 - The only food left in his cupboards were bread, one potato and a carrot.
他橱柜里剩下的食物只有面包、一个马铃薯和一根红萝卜。 - Okay. That's the chicken with a baked potato, and a glass of milk.
好的。您点的是鸡肉、烤土豆和一杯牛奶。 - The cooking time needed depends on the size of the potato
所需的烹饪时间取决于土豆的大小。 - Tom has dug the potato patch, so we can plant the potatoes tomorrow.
汤姆已经挖了种土豆的那一片地，我们明天就可以种土豆了。 - The fries are made from pellets of pulverised potato.
这些炸土豆是土豆泥球做成的。