potato

释义

n.

土豆

网络

马铃薯；薯仔；洋芋

词形变化

复数：potatoes

常用短语 13 组

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

在例句中理解 31 句

1. I had been seduced by that potato, and not another, into planting its -- into spreading its genes, giving it a little bit more habitat.

   我被那种马铃薯诱惑，而非另一种，去种植它们--去传播它们的基因，给予它们多一点的栖息之地。

2. Phoebe: You know, if you tilt your head to the left, and relax your eyes, it kinda looks like an old potato.

   如果你们把头向左偏，放松你们的眼睛，它看起来很像一个老土豆。

3. I, for one, will never again take for granted the noble potato, golden fruit of the earth, to which we owe so much.

   至少我对这种有恩于人类的、高贵的马铃薯、大地的黄金一般的果实，再也不等闲视之了。

4. He is such a couch potato that everything of his own is left to do by his family.

   他是一个懒鬼，所有他自己的事情都让家里去处理。

5. The physicochemical properties of Radix Pueraria thomsonii starch were investigated and compared with that of potato starch.

   研究了粉葛淀粉的理化特性，并与马铃薯淀粉进行了比较。

6. Today, I got a free temporary tattoo of a scorpion in a packet of potato chips and decided to wear it on my wrist.

   今天吃薯片时，我得到一张赠送的纹身贴纸，画的是只蝎子。

7. The teacher thought little of the matter because he considered it a small potato.

   老师没有想到的问题，因为他认为这是一个小土豆。

8. The question of whether to raise taxes to cut the budget deficit is a real hot potato for a lot of politicians.

   对许多政客来说是否用提高税收来减少预算赤字的办法真的是一个很有争议的问题。

9. Dalli said the potato will produce starch for paper production to help save "raw materials, energy, water and oil-based chemicals" .

   达利说，这种马铃薯中含有的淀粉可以用于造纸，由此会有助于节省“原材料、能源、水和从石油中提炼的化合物。”

10. The child smiled, and got it, began to skin the potato woodenly with her small hands.

    孩子笑了，接过去，用小手笨拙地剥着皮。

11. While I was sitting there, munching a delicious potato and trying to get used to the smoke, I felt a pair of eyes resting on me.

    我坐在那儿大口吃着香喷喷的土豆，一边竭力适应屋里的浓烟，这时感到有双眼睛在注视我。

12. It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.

    它成了一个政治上的棘手问题，并且在支持者为竞选评价的争吵中耗尽了时间。

13. Whenone boils a potato one cuts it up and cooks it in a saucepan with boiling water and a little salt.

    煮土豆时，把土豆切好，放入盛有沸水的烧锅里，加入一点盐。

14. There was no domestic cattle for dairy products, and the newly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be poisonous.

    没有驯养的奶牛，自然没有牛奶；而新发现的土豆被很多欧洲人认为是有毒的。

15. It was not long after this widespread embracing of the potato that some genius decided to drop slices of it into a pot of boiling fat.

    在土豆受到人们的广泛欢迎后不久，就有一些天才想出了将它切片下锅油炸的做法。

16. She decided later it was base survival instinct that caused her to fling the seeds at the moist soil in the potato patch.

    后来，她断定是人的基本生存本能令她将种子扔进马铃薯地的湿润土壤里的。

17. "It was just sitting on the bottom and nibbling on the sugar like a couch potato, " Hackett says.

    “他们只是坐在箱底，像一群懒汉那样啃噬蔗糖”，哈科特表示。

18. The potato reached the United Kingdom towards the end of the 16th century and was being grown in London by 1597.

    马铃薯在16世纪末来到联合王国并于1597年开始在伦敦种植。

19. And then I got really freaked out, and that's when it hit me: how much Barry looks like Mr. Potato Head.

    然后我吓呆了，突然想到：Barry看起来多象土豆头先生呀。

20. Everyone can have his own dream, ever if he is just a little potato.

    每个人都可以有梦，即使只是微不足道的小豆芽。

21. One of its most remarkable examples was the exhibition "The wonderful potato" in Canada, at the Technical Museum Ottawa.

    最瞩目的例子就是在加拿大渥太华举办的“神奇的土豆”。

22. The German government said the Amflora potato will be grown in eastern Germany but not on an industrial scale.

    德国政府表示，Amflora马铃薯将在德国东部地区种植，但不会应用在工业范畴。

23. The rule is to take the flashcard as a hot potato and pass it around very quickly while crying out the word, the quickest team will win.

    玩法是把卡片当成烫手的土豆，一张张很快地传下去，边传边喊出那张卡片的单词，最后看哪个组完成得最快。

24. The President traveled to Idaho today, where he met with potato farmers. He gave a speech about hid plan to help the farmers.

    总统今天去了爱达荷，他在那里接见了马铃薯种植园主。他就关于帮助农民的计划发表了演说。

25. Potato chips are an American invention, but most Chinese, for instance, do not know than Frito-Lay is an American company.

    吃洋芋片是一个美国人的发明，但是大部分中国人，比如，不知道比菲多利是一个美国公司。

26. He found a bit of potato, chewed it carefully, swallowed it, and walked back to bed.

    它慢慢的咀嚼它，再吞下去，然后走回去睡觉了。

27. But one of the British agents, a woman, threw the guard dogs off the scent by feeding them potato chips.

    但是一名英国女间谍的香水味引起了军犬的注意，她扔了一些土豆片才摆脱了它。

28. As he opened the door of his room he received a surprise. Instead of the usual stove-lid or potato-masher for him to dodge, came only words.

    他打开公寓门时得到了一个惊喜，迎接他的不是往常的要闪避的炉盖或土豆捣碎器，只有麦卡斯基夫人的话语。

29. Imaging trying to carry a hot, baked potato in your hand. it would be difficult, even painful, to do so.

    试想一下你试图把一个热、烤好的山芋抓在手里。如果这样做将是困难，甚至是痛苦的。

30. But Bothma told SciDev. Net that there was a strong possibility that the GM potato research will now cease due to lack of funding.

    但是Bothma告诉本网站说，由于缺乏资助，转基因土豆研究很可能停止。

31. Marie stood at the sink, peeling potatoes (= cutting off the skin ) .

    玛丽站在洗涤槽边削土豆皮。