soda

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

soda [soda sodas] BrE [ˈsəʊdə] NAmE [ˈsoʊdə] noun
1. uncountable, countable = ↑soda water
•Add some soda to the whisky, please.
•a Scotch and soda
2. (also old-fashioned ˈsoda pop) (both NAmE)uncountable, countable a sweet ↑fizzy drink (= a drink with bubbles) made with soda water, fruit flavour and sometimes ice cream
•Do you have any diet soda?
•He had an ice-cream soda.
3. uncountable a chemical substance in common use that is a ↑compound of ↑sodium
•baking/washing soda
see also ↑caustic soda, ↑sodium bicarbonate, ↑sodium carbonate
See also: ↑soda pop

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in sense 3): from medieval Latin, from Arabic suwwad ‘saltwort’ (a plant whose ashes were formally used in soap making).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pop, soda pop, soda water, tonic, sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash