potato

复数：potatoes

1. [C][U]马铃薯,土豆 a roundish root vegetable with a thin brown or yellowish skin, that is cooked and served in many different ways
2. [C]小人物 people of no importance

• bake potato烤土豆
• boil potato煮土豆
• dig up potato挖土豆
• eat potato吃土豆
• fry potato炸土豆
• grow potato种植土豆
• mash potato将土豆捣成泥状
• pare potato削土豆皮
• peel potato削土豆皮

• big potato大土豆,大人物
• chipped potato切成薄片的土豆,〈英〉炸薯条
• clean potato最好的事物,最适当的东西
• French-fried potato〈美〉炸薯条
• fried potato油炸土豆
• hot potato棘手的问题
• mashed potato土豆泥
• small potato小土豆,小人物
• sweet potato白薯,红薯,地瓜,甘薯
• underdone potato半生不熟的土豆

• potato patch小块马铃薯地
• potato soup土豆汤

sweet potato甘薯

potato starch马铃薯淀粉；生粉；太白粉（台湾叫法）

sweet potato starch甘薯淀粉；蕃薯粉；地瓜粉

couch potato成天躺著或坐在沙发上看电视的人；极为懒惰的人

hot potato[口]烫手山芋（喻指棘手的问题）；（英）烤土豆

small potato小人物，小喽罗；小角色

mashed potato马铃薯泥，洋芋泥

baked potato烤马铃薯；烘马铃薯

potato salad马铃薯沙拉；土豆沙拉；薯仔沙律

potato chip n. 炸土豆片

big potato大土豆，大人物

irish potato白马铃薯

potato harvester n. 马铃薯收割机

1. The potato is a vegetable, not a fruit.
   马铃薯是一种蔬菜，不是一种水果。
2. This salad is made of apple, pear, potato and celery.
   这份色拉是由苹果、梨、土豆和芹菜做成的。
3. I like to cook dishes with potatoes.
   我喜欢用马铃薯炒菜。
4. Would you like more mashed potato?
   在来点马铃薯泥好吗？
5. Stick the fork into the potato.
   用叉子插土豆。
6. For the first time he enjoyed a roast potato.
   他第一次享受到烤土豆的味道。