potatoes

英 [pəˈteɪtəʊz]

美 [pəˈteɪtoʊz]

n.  马铃薯; 土豆; 洋芋
potato的复数

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

双语例句

• A pan of potatoes was boiling away merrily on the gas stove.
  一锅土豆在煤气炉上欢快地煮着。
• Roughly chop and parboil the potatoes.
  把土豆大致切一下，煮成半熟。
• Cook the potatoes and turnips in a large saucepan.
  用大炖锅煮土豆和芜菁。
• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
  选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• 'I was thinking I might do a lemon cream sauce and baked potatoes.''Splendid!' Midge applauded.
  “我在考虑做一道浇柠檬奶油汁的烤马铃薯。”“好极了！”米基表示赞同。
• The South American Indians have been cooking and eating potatoes for well over two thousand years.
  南美印第安人烹调食用土豆已有2000多年的历史了。
• Layer the potatoes, asparagus and salmon in the tin
  把土豆、芦笋和大麻哈鱼分层装入罐头内。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• Potatoes sprout twice a year.
  马铃薯一年发两次芽。
• The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
  马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。