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

• Just bring me a baked potato and a steak.
  就给我上道烤土豆和牛排。
• 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！
• Left-handers have trouble using can-openers, scissors, and potato peelers.
  左撇子在使用开罐刀、剪刀和土豆削皮器时会有困难。
• 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。
• This sweet potato is very mealy.
  这块白薯真面。
• I decide on Tandoori Aloo, a roasted potato concoction with raisins and cashews.
  我点了唐杜里土豆（tandoorialoo），点缀了葡萄干和腰果的烤土豆。
• I got her with a potato.
  我用马铃薯打中了她。
• Guest: Do you have baked potato, broccoli, and some mushrooms?
  顾客：有烤土豆，西兰花和蘑菇吗？
• 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。
• 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。