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

• Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread.
  马铃薯仍然是最受欢迎的食物，其次是白面包。
• Make sure the roast potatoes aren't raw in the middle.
  要确保这些烤土豆不夹生。
• Unfortunately attempts to crossbreed it with other potatoes have been unsuccessful
  不幸的是，将它与其他土豆品种杂交的尝试均告失败。
• Roughly chop and parboil the potatoes.
  把土豆大致切一下，煮成半熟。
• 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。
• Push the potatoes through a sieve to make a puree.
  用漏勺轧土豆做成土豆泥。
• They ate a mash of 2 potatoes, 2 carrots& cabbage
  他们吃了由两个土豆、两根胡萝卜和洋白菜做的糊。
• The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
  马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
• Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories.
  吃土豆容易让我们有一种饱胀感，又不会摄入过多的热量。
• She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
  她坐在厨房里，开始削土豆皮。