soy的词源

英文词源

soy

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.

中文词源

soy（酱油）：中国人用黄豆制成的“豉油”

中国人很早就学会了使用黄豆制造酱油作为调味品，俗称为“豉油”（shiyou）。传到日本后大受欢迎，因为特别适合用来腌鱼。在日本，它的名称变成了shoyu，后来又变成soyu。荷兰殖民者到达日本后，发现了这种调味品，十分喜爱，将其传入欧洲，名称变成了soya。进入英语后，变成了现在的soy，既可以表示“酱油”（soy sauce），也可以表示用来制造酱油的大豆或黄豆（soy bean）。

soy：[sɒɪ] n.酱油，大豆，黄豆

soy sauce：酱油

soy bean：大豆，黄豆

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