| 词组 | potato |
| 释义 | potato /pəˈteɪtəʊ $ -toʊ/ noun a round white vegetable with a brown, red, or pale yellow skin, that grows under the groundverbsgrow potatoes Chris grew potatoes in his garden.peel potatoes (=cut off the skin) Marie stood at the sink, peeling potatoes.slice potatoes (=cut them into long thin pieces) Peel and slice the potatoes.chop/dice potatoes (=cut them into small square pieces) Chop the potatoes into bite-sized pieces and fry them in oil.eat a potato If you eat a baked potato without butter, it’s less fattening.cook a potato Cook the potatoes in lightly salted water until tender.adjectives/nouns + potatoboiled potatoes Serve the fish with plain boiled potatoes.mashed potatoes (=boiled and crushed until smooth) I like sausages with mashed potatoes.roast potatoes (=cooked in an oven with fat) roast beef with roast potatoesa baked/jacket potato (=cooked in its skin) We cooked baked potatoes in the embers of the fire.fried potatoes (=cooked in hot oil) I put a forkful of fried potatoes in my mouth.a seed potato (=one that grows into a potato plant) Always buy good quality seed potatoes.potato + nounspotato salad (=cold cooked potato covered with mayonnaise or oil) His wife makes great potato salad.potato crisps BrE potato chips AmE (=thin fried potato slices eaten cold as a snack) They shared a bag of potato chips.potato skins The potato is mashed with butter and cream, then put back into the potato skins and baked again for ten minutes.the potato crop When the potato crop failed, people starved.the potato harvest Migrant workers moved on to Scotland for the potato harvest.a potato patch (=a small area of ground for growing potatoes) I raked the potato patch in preparation for sowing. |
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