喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture the thing you dig out of the soil: a round vegetable with brown, red, or pale yellow skin, firm and white or pale yellow inside, going soft when cooked. That lump in your hand is the centre of the word; the green plant it grew on borrows the same name, and context tells you which one is meant.

可以想成 potato 指的是「土裡挖出來的那顆」：外皮褐色、紅色或淡黃色，切開裡面是結實的白色或淡黃色，煮過就變鬆…更多收起可以想成 potato 指的是「土裡挖出來的那顆」：外皮褐色、紅色或淡黃色，切開裡面是結實的白色或淡黃色，煮過就變鬆軟。這顆東西才是這個字的重心；至於長出它的那株綠色植物，英文也用同一個字，只是說話的人靠上下文讓你知道現在講的是地上那株還是地下那顆。

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

potatonoun/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/

  • 1

    The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.

    • Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.
    • The protein value of this dish is equal to that of 1⅛ pounds of potato and beef, the fuel value, however, being much in excess of these.
  • 2

    The plant that produces this tuber.

  • 3

    obsoleteA sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).

  • 4

    informalA conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.

    • She was untidily dressed as usual and there were potatoes in both heels.
  • 5

    derogatoryA person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.

  • 6

    Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

    • I don't value Monſieur de Champignon a rotten potatoe; […]
  • 7

    offensiveslangMetaphor for a person or thing of little value.

  • 8

    Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsMetaphor for a person or thing of little value.

    • When most people refer to their computers as a potato they're being hyperbolic, but not Ethan. He plays Overwatch at 800x600 resolution with all settings on low and is excited when he gets 30 fps.
    • If you want to have a go right now, then Famitracker will let you compose songs for the NES and it'll run on a Windows-operated potato.

potatoverb/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/

  • 1

    slangTo hit very hard; to pummel.

    • Bradshaw doesn't find much humour in it though, and beats the tar out of Dustin, potatoing him with every blow.
  • 2

    To hit with a thrown or fired potato.

    • Yvonne and Lee Swee potatoed Deputy Lestrade multiple times before Sheriff Moran potatoed them both. […] Suddenly, Sheriff Moran heard the click click of an empty weapon. He turned to see that both Mayor Eliza and Kat had run out of ammunition.

potatointj/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/

  • 1

    The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。