potatoes是什么意思？

potatoes

英[pə'teɪtəʊz] 美[pə'teɪtoʊz]

• n. 马铃薯，土豆( potato的名词复数 )，小人物；

例句

• The children helped their parents to dig up potatoes. 孩子们帮他们的父母挖马铃薯。
• She chucked the mouldy potatoes in the dustbin. 她把发霉的土豆扔进垃圾箱。
• Let's pick out the bad potatoes from the basket. 让我们把坏掉的土豆从篮子里挑出来。
• She chucked the moldy potatoes in the dustbin. 她把发霉的土豆扔进垃圾箱。
• We can't use these potatoes; they've all sprouted. 这些土豆儿不能吃了, 都出芽了。
• I boiled the potatoes and then strained them. 我把土豆煮熟后把水滤掉。
• They were sacking the potatoes in the field. 他们正在地里把土豆装袋。
• There's a small general stores in the village where you can get anything from stamps to potatoes. 这个村子里有家小杂货店, 在那里你可以买到从邮票到马铃薯等的所有东西。
• They are small potatoes. 他们是些微不足道的人。
• My brother likes potatoes very much, but I don't care for them. 我弟弟很喜欢吃土豆, 可我不喜欢。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  马铃薯；土豆
  Potatoes are quite round vegetables with brown or red skins and white insides. They grow under the ground.
• 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 a hot potato .
  例句
  ...a political hot potato such as abortion. 类似堕胎这样政治上的烫手山芋