potato sb/sth
及物动词，后面直接跟被砸中的人或物，不用加介词。
The kids potatoed the scarecrow until it toppled over.
孩子们用土豆砸那个稻草人，直到把它砸倒。
用扔或发射的土豆击打
to hit someone or something with a thrown or fired potato
用扔或发射的土豆击打
To hit with a thrown or fired potato.
一般现在时
He potatoes the target every Saturday.
他每个星期六都会用土豆投掷目标。
一般过去时
They potatoed the car with rotten potatoes last night.
他们昨晚用烂土豆砸了那辆车。
现在完成时
She has potatoed the bullseye twice.
她已经两次用土豆击中靶心。
动词用法：用土豆投掷或射击。规则变化。
Don't potato the empty can with that potato.
不要用那个土豆砸空罐子。
用法提示：potato 在否定祈使句中作及物动词原形，表示“用土豆砸”。
At the fair, he potatoed the moving target with a soft potato.
在集市上，他用一个软土豆击中了移动靶。
用法提示：potatoed 是 potato 的过去式，作及物动词，表示“用土豆击中”。
The children were potatoing each other with potatoes from the garden.
孩子们正用花园里的土豆互相砸。
用法提示：potatoing 是 potato 的现在分词，与 were 构成过去进行时，表示“互相用土豆砸”。
及物动词，后面直接跟被砸中的人或物，不用加介词。
The kids potatoed the scarecrow until it toppled over.
孩子们用土豆砸那个稻草人，直到把它砸倒。
口语里常用 get + 过去分词，强调被砸这一遭遇。
The singer got potatoed in the middle of the encore.
那位歌手在返场演出中途被人用土豆砸了。
被动语态中可用 by 引出扔土豆的人。
The mayor was potatoed by an angry protester.
市长被一名愤怒的抗议者用土豆砸了。
grammar · medium
易错句子He potatos his brother with a soft one every time they argue.
正确表达He potatoes his brother with a soft one every time they argue.
potato 以辅音字母加 o 结尾，第三人称单数要加 -es，写成 potatoes，不能直接加 -s；这跟名词复数 potato → potatoes 的拼写规则一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子Last night he did potatoed his roommate during the food fight.
正确表达Last night he did potato his roommate during the food fight.
助动词 did 后面必须跟动词原形，所以用 did potato，而不是 did potatoed；过去的意思已经由 did 表达，实义动词不能再加 -ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The kids were potatoeing each other in the backyard.
正确表达The kids were potatoing each other in the backyard.
potato 的正确拼写词尾没有 e（不是 potatoe），现在分词直接加 -ing，写作 potatoing；多出一个 e 的 potatoeing 属于拼写错误。
用土豆砸某人
The kids potatoed the referee after the bad call.
那个误判之后，孩子们用土豆砸了裁判。
被土豆砸中
He got potatoed right in the chest during the food fight.
在食物大战中，他的胸口被土豆砸中了。
用土豆回击；砸回去
She potatoed back and caught him on the shoulder.
她用土豆砸了回去，正中他的肩膀。
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