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 have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes
  我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
• Push the potatoes through a sieve to make a puree.
  用漏勺轧土豆做成土豆泥。
• Potatoes sprout twice a year.
  马铃薯一年发两次芽。
• Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt
  将马铃薯戳一些洞，并用盐揉搓外皮。
• Serve with baby new potatoes.
  配上小个的新土豆。
• This sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most.
  这袋土豆也就一百斤。
• She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
  她坐在厨房里，开始削土豆皮。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
  选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• 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。