1. CU 马铃薯，土豆 a roundish root vegetable with a thin brown or yellowish skin, that is cooked and served in many different ways 2. C 小人物 people of no importance
bake ～烤土豆 boil ～煮土豆 dig up ～挖土豆 eat ～吃土豆 fry ～炸土豆 grow ～种植土豆 mash ～将土豆捣成泥状 pare ～削土豆皮 peel ～削土豆皮
形容词+～
big ～大土豆，大人物 chipped ～切成薄片的土豆，〈英〉炸薯条 clean ～最好的事物，最适当的东西 French-fried ～〈美〉炸薯条 fried ～油炸土豆 hot ～棘手的问题 mashed ～土豆泥 small ～小土豆，小人物 sweet ～白薯，红薯，地瓜，甘薯 underdone ～半生不熟的土豆
～+名词
～ patch小块马铃薯地 ～ soup土豆汤
句型例句
A potato consists mainly of starch.马铃薯的主要成分是淀粉。 Eastern Brazilians lean more heavily on the sweet potato.巴西东部人主要靠白薯为生。 Potato can be prepared in many ways.马铃薯可用许多方法烧煮。 Please cook the potatoes quickly with their skins on.请把土豆连皮快速煮一下。 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。 The children helped their parents to dig up potatoes.孩子们帮他们的父母挖土豆。 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。 He sat down and at once dived into a pile of potatoes.他一坐下就啃起一堆土豆来。 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。 The drought makes the potato crop very small this year.干旱使今年的马铃薯收成很少。 They are small potatoes.他们是些微不足道的人。 They are big shots; we are small potatoes.他们是大人物，我们是小卒子。 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。
常用短语
♣ hot potato 棘手的人〔问题〕sb/sth that it is risky to be involved with A wages policy is a real hot potato with both the government and the opposition.工资政策对政府和反对党双方来说都是棘手的问题。 Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。