potato

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n. 马铃薯

发音

UK /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/
UK
CA /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/
US /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/
CA /-ˈteɪ.ɾoʊ/
US /-ˈteɪ.ɾoʊ/
IN /pɵˈʈaʈo/
IN /pɵˈʈeʈo/
其它 /poˈteɪ.to/
SCOT /pəˈteto/

词形变化

potatoes 复数 potatoes potatoed potatoes 三单 potatoing potatoing 现在分词 potatoed 过去式 potatoed 过去分词

别名

ghoughphtheightteeau patater potator tator potatoe p'tater tater

教材释义与例句

名词

[作物] 土豆,[作物] 马铃薯

a round white vegetable with a brown, red, or pale yellow skin, that grows under the ground

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

玛丽站在洗涤槽边削土豆皮。

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

    马铃薯

    山药蛋

    土豆

    洋芋

    地蛋

    洋山芋

    土豆儿

    薯仔

    番囝薯

    洋芋头

    𫈉砃

    𫈉砃薯

    可数 不可数

    What was that about potatoes? Were they just a thing from foreign parts, like coffee; a luxury, an extra? Oh, the potato is a lordly fruit; drought or downpour, it grows and grows all the same. It laughs at the weather, and will stand anything; only deal kindly with it, and it yields fifteen-fold again. … A man may lack grain to make bread, but give him potatoes and he will not starve. Roast them in embers, and there is supper; boil them in water, and there's a breakfast ready.

  2. 2.

    A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.

    英国 可数 非正式 不可数
  4. 4.

    A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

    A mentally handicapped person.

    可数 冒犯 俚语 不可数
  7. 7.

    Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

    A camera that takes poor-quality pictures or videos.

    可数 幽默 不可数
  8. 8.

    Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

    An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.

    土豆服务器

    可数 幽默 俚语 不可数 计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To hit very hard; to pummel.

    俚语 及物
  2. 2.

    To hit with a thrown or fired potato.

    及物
interj.
  1. 1.

    The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

来源:wiktionary