soy: [17] Chinese shi-yu is the ultimate source of soy (shi means ‘salted beans’ and yu means ‘oil’). Japanese adopted the term as shō-yu, whose colloquial form soy was borrowed by English at the end of the 17th century. Dutch acquired shō-yu as soja, from which English gets soya [17].
soy (n.)
1670s, saio "soybean-based Asian fish sauce," from Dutch soya, from Japanese soyu, variant of shoyu "soy," from Chinese shi-yu, from shi "fermented soy beans" + yu "oil." Etymology reflects Dutch presence in Japan before English and American merchants began to trade there.
实用例句
1. "I just added a little soy sauce," he informs us.
“我就加了一点儿酱油，”他告诉我们。来自柯林斯例句
2. Put a bit more soy sauce in the food [ dish ].
菜里多放点 酱油.来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. What do you know about sesame oil added to soy sauce!
