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

• He warmed himself with the potato soup.
  他喝了些土豆汤暖暖身子。
• 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。
• 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 think it's perhaps steak, baked potato and green salad.
  我想也许是牛排、土豆和素菜色拉。
• 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。
• 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。
• Guest: Do you have baked potato, broccoli, and some mushrooms?
  顾客：有烤土豆，西兰花和蘑菇吗？
• 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！
• 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。
• After a few years 'planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
  土豆种了几年之后就会退化。