The word "mash" means to crush solid but soft food into a soft mass. It can also refer to mashed potatoes or a soft mass of food, often a mixture of ingredients.
[VERB 动词]捣烂,弄碎(食物);把…捣成糊状 If you mash food that is solid but soft, you crush it so that it forms a soft mass.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Mash the bananas with a fork.
用叉子把香蕉捣烂。
...mashed potatoes.
土豆泥
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]土豆泥Mash is mashed potato.
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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[N-SING 单数名词]糊状食物 A mash of food is a soft mass of food. It is often a mixture of several ingredients.
[usu N of n]
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。
I'm feeding our horses the same mash the O'Briens used to win Gold Cups.
我现在给我们的马喂的糊状饲料和奥布赖恩家族夺得金杯的赛马吃的饲料是一样的。
Oxford
mash/mæʃ; NAmEmæʃ/
noun
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verb
mashmashesmashedmashingnoun1( especially BrE) =
mashed potato
2[uncountable ]grain cooked in water until soft, used to feed farm animals (煮软的)谷物饲料3[uncountable ]a mixture of maltgrains and hot water, used for making beer, etc. 麦芽浆(用于酿制啤酒)4[singular ]a mash(of sth) any food that has been crushed into a soft mass 糊状食物◆The soup was a mash of grain and vegetables.那是用粮食和蔬菜做成的浓汤。☞see also
mishmash
verb _cooking_preparation_comp.jpg _mash.jpg mashsth (up) to crush food into a soft mass 捣烂,捣碎(食物)◆Mash the fruit up with a fork.用叉子将水果捣烂。☞collocationsat
to crush something, especially a food that has been cooked, until it is soft and smooth: Mash the bananas.—masher noun [countable]: a potato masher
mash1 verb
mash2 noun
mashmash2 noun [uncountable]
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1British English informal potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed and mixed with milk until they are smooth: bangers (=sausages) and mash2a mixture of malt or crushed grain and hot water, used to make beer or whisky3a mixture of grain cooked with water to make a food for animals