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

• She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
  她坐在厨房里，开始削土豆皮。
• I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes
  我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
• 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。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• 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。
• I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
  我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
  选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• Pile potatoes into a warm serving dish.
  把土豆倒在一个保温的盛菜用的盘子里。
• 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。
• 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。