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

• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
  选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
  马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers.
  把除土豆外的所有蔬菜分层放置。
• Pile potatoes into a warm serving dish.
  把土豆倒在一个保温的盛菜用的盘子里。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• Cook the potatoes and turnips in a large saucepan.
  用大炖锅煮土豆和芜菁。
• 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。
• 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。