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单词 soy
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Definition of soy in English:

soy

noun sɔɪsɔɪ
mass noun
  • 1Protein derived from the beans of an Asian plant, used as a replacement for animal protein in certain foods; soya.

    I'm trying to add more soy into my diet
    soy is a key ingredient in livestock feed
  • 2The widely cultivated plant of the pea family which produces soya beans.

    soy is the nation's leading source of food-grade oil
    the most common GMOs are soy, corn, canola, and cotton

Origin

Late 17th century: from Japanese soy, shoy, variant of shō-yu, from Chinese shi-yu, from shi ‘salted beans’ + yu ‘oil’.

Rhymes

ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy
 
 

Definition of soy in US English:

soy

nounsɔɪsoi
  • 1Protein derived from soybeans, used as a replacement for animal protein in foods and fodder.

    I'm trying to add more soy into my diet
    British term soya
    soy is a key ingredient in livestock feed
  • 2The soybean plant.

    soy is the nation's leading source of food-grade oil
    the most common GMOs are soy, corn, canola, and cotton

Origin

Late 17th century: from Japanese soy, shoy, variant of shō-yu, from Chinese shi-yu, from shi ‘salted beans’ + yu ‘oil’.

 
 
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