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

双语例句

• After a few years 'planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
  土豆种了几年之后就会退化。
• This bit of burnt potato is no more than on Appraisal for a meal.
  这点烧焦了的马铃薯就勉强算一顿饭吧！
• This sweet potato is very mealy.
  这块白薯真面。
• 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。
• 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。
• Put both vegetables into a bowl and crush with a potato masher.
  把这两样蔬菜都放进一个碗里，然后用捣土豆器把它们捣碎。
• Work in the potato and milk until the mixture comes together
  把土豆和牛奶掺进去，直到混合物融合在一起为止。
• He warmed himself with the potato soup.
  他喝了些土豆汤暖暖身子。
• She cuts and fries the mixture up into a potato doughnut called Quin-Kuria.
  她把混料切好后放进油里炸成一种叫做Quin-Kuria的土豆炸面圈。
• The fries are made from pellets of pulverised potato.
  这些炸土豆是土豆泥球做成的。