catsup
catsup — noun
1. a thick, cold condiment prepared from tomatoes with vinegar, sugar, and spices,
a thick, cold condiment prepared from tomatoes with vinegar, sugar, and spices, used to add flavour to burgers, hot dogs, and french fries; also spelled ketchup.
Oscar squeezed a blob of catsup onto his burger and took a big bite.
uncountable noun; verb: squeeze + onto
Nadia dipped her fries into a small pool of catsup on her plate.
The diner on Elm Street always keeps a bottle of catsup on every table.
Amir grabbed the catsup from the fridge and squeezed some onto his hot dog.
Kwame asked the waitress for more catsup after his fries arrived at the table.
- ketchup
the standard modern spelling; catsup is now rare outside the US
- tomato sauce
in British English, tomato sauce is the same condiment; in American English, tomato sauce is a cooked sauce used in cooking, not a condiment
用法筆記
Catsup is less common than ketchup in modern English, but both spellings refer to the same condiment. It is nearly always uncountable.