1.【植】薯蓣属植物;〈英〉马铃薯;〈美〉甘薯
1.a root vegetable that looks like a long white potato and has a brown skin
2.a sweet potato
1.My other sister, Yams, who is one year younger than me, peered at me to confirm the idea and I said "Yeah, let's try that" .
另外一个比我小一岁的妹妹扬丝看了我一眼，问我觉得这个提议怎么样。我说：“行，我们就试一下吧。”
2.No, I hate yams. I was trying to love them all the time but I'm too tired from doing this stuff.
不，我讨厌地瓜泥。我一直试着改变自己对地瓜泥的想法，可这样做实在太辛苦了！
3.And although her children were put to work pounding yams, fetching water and shelling beans, she wouldn't allow me to help.
尽管她的孩子要去工作，比如捣碎番薯、打水、剥豆子，可她却不允许我帮忙。
4.The two varieties at my local farmers' market are jewel yams and the darker-skinned garnet yams, both sweet and moist.
在我们当地的农贸市场上有两个品种的番薯，一种是宝石番薯和暗红皮番薯，两种都水分足且很甜。
5.In the UK, the gustation boffins have even created a persuasive website showing a photograph of a bald man smiling at a pile of yams.
在英国，品尝研究人员已建立起一个有说服力的网站，网站显示着一张拍有一位秃顶男士面带微笑站在一堆番薯旁的照片。
6.The number of yams per 10 cm influences the length of the float along with the number of harnesses.
织物中每10厘米中的纱线根数和使用综框的数目影响着浮长线的长度。
7.Hormone-free chicken, eggs, potatoes, yams, flaxseed, zucchini , spinach, honey, cranberries, rosemary, vitamins and minerals.
成分）无荷尔蒙鸡肉，鸡蛋，土豆，甘薯，亚麻籽，小胡瓜，菠菜，蜂蜜，蔓越橘，迷迭香，维他命及矿物质。
8.And depending where you're from, the sweet potato dish just might be called yams .
甘薯也可能被称为番薯，要看你在美国什么地方而定。
9.As synthetic monofilament and multifilament yams became available, many more options became possible for the base structure.
合成单和复丝山药可以使用，还有更多的选择成为可能的基础结构。
10.Optimized conditioning decisively improves the processing characteristics of OE cotton yams in high-performance weaving.
优化调湿技术可以显著改善高性能织机所使用的转杯纺棉纱的加工性能。