;马铃薯;土豆Potatoes are quite round vegetables with brown or red skins and white insides. They grow under the ground.
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[PHRASE 短语]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 a hot potato .
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...a political hot potato such as abortion.
类似堕胎这样政治上的烫手山芋
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po·tato★/pəˈteɪtəʊ; NAmEpəˈteɪtoʊ/noun _vegetables_garlic_comp.jpg _potato.jpg [countable , uncountable ](pluralpo·tatoes)a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as the root of a plant also called a potato马铃薯;土豆;洋芋◆Will you peel the potatoes for me?你给我削土豆皮好不好?◆roast/boiled/baked/fried potatoes烘╱煮╱烤╱炸土豆☞see also
1potato (1) [countable, uncountable] a round white vegetable with a brown, red, or pale yellow skin, that grows under the groundroast/fried/boiled/mashed potatojacket potato (=cooked in its skin) Marie stood at the sink, peeling potatoes (=cutting off the skin).2[countable] a plant that produces potatoesCOLLOCATIONSverbspeel potatoes (=cut the skin off them)· Peel and slice the potatoes.slice potatoes (=cut them into long thin pieces)dice potatoes (=cut them into small square pieces)mash potatoes (=crush them until they are smooth, after boiling them)ADJECTIVES/NOUN + potatoboiled potatoes· Serve with plain boiled potatoes.mashed potato(es) (=boiled and crushed until smooth)· I like sausages with mashed potatoes.roast potatoes (=cooked in an oven with fat)· traditional roast beef with roast potatoesa baked/jacket potato (=cooked in its skin)· We cooked baked potatoes in the embers of the fire.
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potatoes[11185]
马铃薯(52%),土豆(48%)
n.[作物] 土豆,[作物] 马铃薯
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