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单词 tater
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Definition of tater in English:

tater

(British tatie)
noun ˈteɪtəˈtādər
informal
  • A potato.

    a dish of boiled taters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'd already been poked and calculated so he left me alone like I weren't nothing more than a sack of taters.
    • Daphne White listlessly pushes her tater tots around her plate.
    • Today it was chicken patty sandwich with tater tots and corn and a brownie.
    • The folk about had their own taties and veg. and although many had the coal, local peats were in demand.
    • He slams down his tray making his tater tots fly everywhere and sits down.
    • Achill has endured a history of seasonal migration with the head of the household going to Scotland and the north of England for the ‘tatie hoking’ and harvesting seasons.
    • You've got your regular old taters, sweet potatoes, faro - even lotus root makes it into the dish.
    • I believe, dear reader, that we're witnessing the birth of a trend, and in fact, 2005 may well turn out to be the year of the tater tot.
    • In a large crockpot, serve warm mashed taters and veggies.
    • After a rather substantial evening meal consisting of home made meat and tater pie with all the trimmings and trifle for afters, we got ourselves prepared for the trick or treaters.
    • I concentrated on expertly dunking my tater tots into a big glob of ketchup.
    • You could go the government route and rationalize that the child is eating his vegetables when he smothers his tater tots in a puddle of ketchup.
    • Counting is easily worked into almost any meal, such as telling a child they can have two cookies or giving them five tater tots.
    • We had a good blow out with beef and taters but we had to lie on the boards at night.
    • On your knees, and as he ploughed 'em up, you were picking taties into a bucket, and then after you got so far up t'row you'd empty taties into a bucket, and then after you got so far up t'row you'd empty them into a sack.
    • Having borne for a thousand years the same relationship to fashion that the tater has to gastronomy, the lowly clog is now the hottest ticket in jockwear.
    • To speed up the cooking process and to achieve that restaurant-style breakfast tater, microwave the potatoes for 4 minutes.
    • There are few joys, few comforts of senectitude, and mashed taters and meatloaf slathered with heart valve clogging bone gravy are that aplenty.
    • Some days vegetables like green beans or carrots show up, but you're just as likely to see whipped potatoes, tater tots, or French fries as the vegetable of the day.
    • It actually went quite well with the potato starter, a dish of boiled taters and sliced boiled eggs served in a creamy sauce that contrasted well with the ceviche's sharp citrus-y zing.

Origin

Mid 18th century: alteration.

Rhymes

cater, crater, creator, curator, data, debater, delator, dumbwaiter, equator, fascinator, freighter, frustrater, gaiter, grater, gyrator, hater, later, legator, mater, negator, pater, peseta, plater, rotator, skater, slater, stater, traitor, ultimata, understater, upstater, waiter
 
 

Definition of tater in US English:

tater

nounˈtādər
informal
  • A potato.

    a dish of boiled taters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You've got your regular old taters, sweet potatoes, faro - even lotus root makes it into the dish.
    • To speed up the cooking process and to achieve that restaurant-style breakfast tater, microwave the potatoes for 4 minutes.
    • Today it was chicken patty sandwich with tater tots and corn and a brownie.
    • On your knees, and as he ploughed 'em up, you were picking taties into a bucket, and then after you got so far up t'row you'd empty taties into a bucket, and then after you got so far up t'row you'd empty them into a sack.
    • After a rather substantial evening meal consisting of home made meat and tater pie with all the trimmings and trifle for afters, we got ourselves prepared for the trick or treaters.
    • The folk about had their own taties and veg. and although many had the coal, local peats were in demand.
    • Some days vegetables like green beans or carrots show up, but you're just as likely to see whipped potatoes, tater tots, or French fries as the vegetable of the day.
    • It actually went quite well with the potato starter, a dish of boiled taters and sliced boiled eggs served in a creamy sauce that contrasted well with the ceviche's sharp citrus-y zing.
    • There are few joys, few comforts of senectitude, and mashed taters and meatloaf slathered with heart valve clogging bone gravy are that aplenty.
    • Counting is easily worked into almost any meal, such as telling a child they can have two cookies or giving them five tater tots.
    • I concentrated on expertly dunking my tater tots into a big glob of ketchup.
    • In a large crockpot, serve warm mashed taters and veggies.
    • He slams down his tray making his tater tots fly everywhere and sits down.
    • You could go the government route and rationalize that the child is eating his vegetables when he smothers his tater tots in a puddle of ketchup.
    • I believe, dear reader, that we're witnessing the birth of a trend, and in fact, 2005 may well turn out to be the year of the tater tot.
    • Daphne White listlessly pushes her tater tots around her plate.
    • I'd already been poked and calculated so he left me alone like I weren't nothing more than a sack of taters.
    • We had a good blow out with beef and taters but we had to lie on the boards at night.
    • Having borne for a thousand years the same relationship to fashion that the tater has to gastronomy, the lowly clog is now the hottest ticket in jockwear.
    • Achill has endured a history of seasonal migration with the head of the household going to Scotland and the north of England for the ‘tatie hoking’ and harvesting seasons.

Origin

Mid 18th century: alteration.

 
 
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