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

• 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。
• These potatoes are sold ready sorted and washed, and can prove a great time-saver for the busy cook
  这些土豆卖时已拣好洗净，对于赶时间做饭的人来说能节省很多时间。
• Push the potatoes through a sieve to make a puree.
  用漏勺轧土豆做成土豆泥。
• I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes
  我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
• Potatoes sprout twice a year.
  马铃薯一年发两次芽。
• 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。
• 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。
• Top the steaming hot potatoes with a knob of butter.
  在冒热气的马铃薯上放一小块黄油。
• This sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most.
  这袋土豆也就一百斤。
• The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
  马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。