potato词语用法

1. 马铃薯
2. 土豆
3. 洋芋
4. 甘薯
5. 袜子洞
6. 一元钱
7. 头（部）
8. 难看的脸
9. 小人物
10. 马铃薯植物

1.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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2.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 ahot potato .

e.g. ...a political hotpotato such as abortion.
类似堕胎这样政治上的烫手山芋

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2. 马铃薯,土豆：sir 先生 |potato 马铃薯,土豆 | glasses 眼镜(复数)

1. A potato consists mainly of starch.
   马铃薯的主要成分是淀粉。
2. Eastern Brazilians lean more heavily on the sweet potato.
   巴西东部人主要靠白薯为生。
3. Potato can be prepared in many ways.
   马铃薯可用许多方法烧煮。
4. Please cook the potatoes quickly with their skins on.
   请把土豆连皮快速煮一下。
5. 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。
6. The children helped their parents to dig up potatoes.
   孩子们帮他们的父母挖土豆。
7. We grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and potatoes.
   我们种各种农作物,包括卷心菜、小麦和土豆。
8. He sat down and at once dived into a pile of potatoes.
   他一坐下就啃起一堆土豆来。
9. There's no meat in the house, so we'll just have to make do with potatoes.
   家里没肉,所以我们只得凑合着吃土豆了。
10. The drought makes the potato crop very small this year.
    干旱使今年的马铃薯收成很少。
11. They are small potatoes.
    他们是些微不足道的人。
12. They are big shots; we are small potatoes.
    他们是大人物,我们是小卒子。
13. The teacher thought little of the matter because he considered it a small potato.
    老师没把这事当回事,认为它无足轻重。

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棘手的人〔问题〕 sb/sth that it is risky to be involved with

• ☆ 直接源自西班牙语的patata，意为土豆。