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

• I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
  我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
• 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。
• '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 potatoes were drowned in chilli.
  马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
  选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• 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。
• These potatoes peel easily.
  这些土豆很容易去皮。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• 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。
• This sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most.
  这袋土豆也就一百斤。