ketch·up
noun/ˈketʃəp/
/ˈketʃəp/
(also tomato ketchup)
(US English also catsup)
[uncountable]- a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, usually sold in bottles
番茄酱 Oxford Collocations DictionaryKetchup is used before these nouns:- packet
- tomato
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) k'ē chap ‘tomato juice’.