中英互译
potato
英 /pəˈteɪtəʊ/美 /pəˈteɪtoʊ/
基本释义
- n.马铃薯,土豆,洋芋;马铃薯植株;<英,非正式>(尤指脚后跟部的)袜子破洞
复数potatoes
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词语例句
马铃薯,土豆,洋芋n.
四级六级Will you peel the potatoes for me?
你给我削土豆皮好不好?
I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips.
我去买了价值约六美元的土豆片。
Potato chips are a snack food for the world.
薯片是全世界的零食。
马铃薯植株cn.
四级六级The potatoes are planted by machine.
这些土豆是用机器种植的。
Given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may "create serious problems for food security" in the country.
鉴于这种蛾类还能攻击胡椒和土豆等作物,尼日利亚农业部长奥杜·奥格贝警告称,这种害虫可能会在该国“给粮食安全带来严重问题”。
Potatoes and tobacco are grown in Andorra's steep mountain valleys.
安道尔陡峭的山谷里种植着土豆和烟草。
<英,非正式>(尤指脚后跟部的)袜子破洞cn.
When he took off his shoes, I saw a potato in his sock.
他脱鞋的时候,我看到他的袜子破了个洞。
- The boiled potato was mealy.这个煮土豆干巴巴的。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- On the menu is wiener schnitzel and potato salad.菜单上有维也纳炸小牛排和土豆沙拉。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- All main courses are served with chips or baked potato.所有的主菜都配有炸土豆条或烤土豆。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- 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;土豆泥;薯泥;土豆蓉
- baked potato烤马铃薯;烘马铃薯;烤土豆;烘土豆
- sweet potato地瓜;蕃薯;甘薯;红薯
- Potato Starch太白粉;马铃薯淀粉;生粉;土豆淀粉
- potato chip土豆片;马铃薯片;洋芋片
同义词
词义分布
土豆
50%
马铃薯
39.5%
薯
7.8%
洋芋
1.5%
薯类
1%
薯仔
0.2%
英英释义
- n.an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
- n.annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
- n.a hard, round, white vegetable with brown or red skin. Potatoes grow under the ground.
马铃薯;土豆
词源
- potato马铃薯马铃薯原产南美洲安第斯山区,16世纪末西班牙人把它传到了欧洲,到了1650年时,已在整个欧洲普遍种植。美国的第一批马铃薯是在1719年由一帮爱尔兰长老会教徒带过去的,因此叫Irish potato,即普通的白马铃薯。
- potato土豆1560s,来自西班牙语patata,来自加勒比海地语batata,红薯,甜薯。后用于指秘鲁产的土豆,土豆早先的名字为bastard potato,因最初土豆不如红薯美味,但后随着土豆越来越重要,人们以potato命名土豆,而以sweet potato命名红薯。