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

• Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers.
  把除土豆外的所有蔬菜分层放置。
• I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
  我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
• Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt
  将马铃薯戳一些洞，并用盐揉搓外皮。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pile potatoes into a warm serving dish.
  把土豆倒在一个保温的盛菜用的盘子里。
• I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes
  我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
• 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。
• She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
  她坐在厨房里，开始削土豆皮。
• Potatoes sprout twice a year.
  马铃薯一年发两次芽。