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单词 potato
释义
potato
(pəttoʊ )
Word forms: potatoes
1. variable noun A1
Potatoes are quite round vegetables with brown or red skins and white insides. They grow under the ground.
2.  See also sweet potato
3. hot potato countable noun
If you describe a problem or issue as a hot potato, you mean that it is very difficult and nobody wants to deal with it. [informal]
The issue promises to be a political hot potato.
Image of potato
Idioms:
drop something or someone like a hot potato or drop something or someone like a hot brick
to get rid of something or someone as quickly as possible because they are difficult to deal with, or because you do not want them any more
It is a rule of the tourism business that clients must feel happy on holiday. If a place gains a reputation for being unwelcoming, the trade drops it like a hot potato.
a couch potato
a person who spends most of their time sitting around watching television
In fact, we sit, like a pair of couch potatoes in front of television, and watch her eat.
a hot potato
a subject or problem that is very topical and controversial which most people would rather not have to deal with
Racism is currently a hot potato in English football.
Collocations:
potato gnocchi
Chicken and leeks with potato gnocchi Chicken and leeks are always a good combination, but in this exceedingly simple recipe flavours and textures are in perfect harmony.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I nearly choked on my potato gnocchi with fresh tomato sauce, basil pesto and crumbled feta.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Unlikely though it sounds, the dessert of summer fruits with potato gnocchi is outrageously good.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
potato skins
Melt the butter in a pan then paint it on the insides of the potato skins using a pastry brush.
The Sun
Mix thoroughly, return to the potato skins and serve.
The Sun
Remove potato skins and mash some salmon with the potatoes while warm, along with a dollop of butter.
The Sun
The potato skins will crisp and the slices open up.
Times,Sunday Times
If your glassware has stubborn water stains, gently rub over them with potato skins to remove the grime and rinse as normal.
The Sun
potato starch
They're made from potato starch and are as tough as metal, but they disintegrate within weeks of being hammered in.
Times, Sunday Times
The potato starch soaks up the sap and slowly stops the bleeding.
The Sun
Made from potato starch, dried potato, rice and maize flour, and shaped into hoops, these snacks have among the highest calories per 100g.
Times, Sunday Times
The rest were pumped with extras including rapeseed oil, potato starch, water glucose syrup, thickeners, stabilis-ers and protein.
The Sun
Based on potato starch, it enabled the first user-friendly colour photography.
Times, Sunday Times
potato wedges
Place the sweet potato wedges on a baking tray.
The Sun
Place the potato wedges into a separate tin and drizzle over 1 tbsp of the oil.
The Sun
He warmed up for his world-title tilt with leftover lasagne and cold potato wedges.
Times, Sunday Times
Drizzle the sweet potato wedges with a little oil and set aside.
The Sun
Spread some sweet potato wedges on a non-stick baking tray, spray with low-calorie cooking spray, season well and bake in the oven until cooked.
The Sun
raw potato
The starch in the raw potato will draw out and dry out the blemish.
The Sun
But the managers were horrified: what if they cut themselves or put raw potato in their mouths?
Times, Sunday Times
Simply grate raw potato and smooth over your skin.
The Sun
And then there was 'potato somen' flecked with a few eggs of caviar, which were firm, hair-thin noodles which seemed to have been pared from raw potato.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the raw potato chunks and stir well before adding the tomato purée, tinned tomatoes and water.
The Sun
roast potato
I make them roast potato, and rice and peas.
Times, Sunday Times
Let us take the roast potato as a classic case in point.
The Sun
I could be a world champion roast potato maker.
Times, Sunday Times
I think if you're going to have a soft roast potato, you might as well have boiled it.
Times, Sunday Times
Simply reheat it tomorrow and add in a small roast potato for extra thickness, then stir.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 马铃薯
Japanese: ジャガイモ
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