potato

英 [pəˈteɪtəʊ]

美 [pəˈteɪtoʊ]

n.  马铃薯; 土豆; 洋芋

复数：potatoes　

中考高考CET4考研

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
  1. Will you peel the potatoes for me?
     你给我削土豆皮好不好？
  2. roast/boiled/baked/fried potatoes
     烘 / 煮 / 烤 / 炸土豆

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.
  1. ...a political hot potato such as abortion.
     类似堕胎这样政治上的烫手山芋

英英释义

noun

• an edible tuber native to South America
  Synonym:white potatoIrish potatomurphyspudtater
• annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers
  Synonym:white potatowhite potato vineSolanum tuberosum

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