| 单词 | potato |
| 释义 | potato¹ 1.(Solanum tuberosum)马铃薯, 土豆, 洋芋(茄科草本, 原产南美洲) 2.(vegetable)马铃薯；土豆；洋芋 boiled potatoes煮土豆 Would you prefer boiled or roast potatoes?你喜欢吃煮土豆还是烤土豆？ mashed potatoes土豆泥 3.(any similar plant)类马铃薯植物；(尤指)番薯 4.to drop sb/sth like a hot potato<非正式>把…像烫手山芋似的甩开；尽快与…断绝关系 If you're dating a guy who immediately wants to get seriously involved, drop him like a hot potato.如果约会对象想马上就开始认真交往的话, 那就尽快甩了他。 If his campaign fails, he will drop it like a hot potato.如果在竞选中失败的话, 他会马上退出。 5.hot potato<非正式>(contentious subject)棘手的问题；烫手山芋；难题 a political hot potato政治上的棘手问题 Another hot potato is stem cells.另一个难题是干细胞。 【体】<贬>烫手山芋(指没控制好或传得太快的球) In the first half we treated the ball like a hot potato.在上半场的时候, 我们没控制好球。 At times, the puck seemed like a hot potato to them.有些时候, 对他们而言, 冰球就像烫手山芋一样难以控制。 potato²1.(crop)马铃薯作物的；土豆作物的；洋芋作物的 a potato field一块土豆地 the potato harvest马铃薯收成 2.(vegetable)马铃薯的；土豆的；洋芋的 potato peelings土豆皮 potato pie土豆饼 potato soup马铃薯汤 |
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