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

• 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。
• This paper discusses the functional beverage of sweet potato production and processing of key technologies.
  本论文讨论了红薯功能性饮料生产加工的关键技术。
• 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。
• One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes four.
  一个土豆，两个土豆，三个四个土豆。
• The fries are made from pellets of pulverised potato.
  这些炸土豆是土豆泥球做成的。
• 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。
• 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。
• After a few years 'planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
  土豆种了几年之后就会退化。
• 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。
• 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。