potato
/pəˈteɪtəʊ/noun
1
- a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable马铃薯, 土豆, 洋芋：
roasted potatoes
烤土豆
mass noun mashed potato土豆泥
as modifier leek and potato soup.韭葱土豆汤。
2
- the plant of the nightshade family which produces these tubers on underground runners有地下块茎的茄科植物。
2.1
- Solanum tuberosum, family Solanaceae. It was first cultivated in the Andes about 1,800 years ago and was introduced to Europe in c. 1570.拉丁名Solanum tuberosum,茄科。该植物约于1800年前在安第斯山首先培植, 约1570年引入欧洲。
3
- Brit. informal a large hole in a sock or stocking, especially one in the heel〈英, 非正式〉（尤指脚后跟部的）袜子破洞。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Spanish patata, variant of Taino batata 'sweet potato'. The English word originally denoted the sweet potato and gained its current sense in the late 16th cent.