soup

US: /ˈsup/
UK: /sˈuːp/


English Vietnamese dictionary


soup /su:p/
  • danh từ
    • xúp, canh; cháo
      • meat soup: cháo thịt
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) Nitroglyxerin
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) trời mây mù dày đặc và có mưa (máy bay không bay được...)
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) khả năng chạy nhanh
      • this new car has plenty of soup: chiếc xe ô tô mới này chạy nhanh lắm
    • to be in the soup
      • (từ lóng) ở trong tình trạng khó khăn
  • ngoại động từ
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) ((thường) + up) tăng khả năng chạy nhanh cho (xe ô tô...)

Advanced English dictionary


noun, verb
+ noun
[U, C] a liquid food made by boiling meat, vegetables, etc. in water, often eaten as the first course of a meal: a bowl of tomato / chicken soup + (BrE) tinned / packet soups + (AmE) canned / packaged soups + a soup spoon / plate
verb
Phrasal Verbs: soup sth<->up (informal) to make changes to sth such as a car or computer, so that it is more powerful or exciting than before

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

chunky, creamy, hearty, thick
hearty vegetable soup
| clear, thin | hot | cold | home-made | condensed, dried, packet, tinned | chicken, tomato, etc.

QUANT.

bowl, cup, mug | packet, tin

VERB + SOUP

cook, make, prepare | bring to the boil, heat (up), simmer | have
We had a cold cucumber soup as a starter.
| drink, eat
(
Eat
is the normal verb when the soup is served in a bowl.)
| slurp
Don't slurp your soup!
| ladle (out), serve
He ladled out three bowls of soup.

SOUP + NOUN

bowl, dish, plate, tureen | spoon | kitchen
(= a place where soup and other food is supplied free to people with no money)

PHRASES

a bowl/cup/mug of soup, a packet/tin of soup
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Concise English dictionary


soupssuːp
noun
+liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
+any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
+an unfortunate situation
verb
+dope (a racehorse)