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

• Push the potatoes through a sieve to make a puree.
  用漏勺轧土豆做成土豆泥。
• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
  选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• Cook the potatoes and turnips in a large saucepan.
  用大炖锅煮土豆和芜菁。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• Fill up on potatoes, bread and pasta, which are high in carbohydrate and low in fat
  用碳水化合物含量高、脂肪含量低的土豆、面包和意大利面食填饱肚子。
• I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
  我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
• '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。
• Roughly chop and parboil the potatoes.
  把土豆大致切一下，煮成半熟。
• 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 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。