- (also soda water)[uncountable, countable]
fizzy water (= water with bubbles) used as a drink on its own or to mix with alcoholic drinks or fruit juice (originally made with sodium bicarbonate) 汽水；苏打水 Add some soda to the whisky, please. 请在威士忌中加点苏打水。 a Scotch and soda 一杯加汽水的苏格兰威士忌
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- club
- cream
- orange
- …
- bottle
- can
- glass
- …
- drink
- sip
- get
- …
- water
- pop
- bottle
- …
- a Scotch and soda
- (also soda water)[countable]
a glass of soda 一杯汽水 - (also old-fashioned soda pop)(both North American English) [uncountable, countable]
a sweet fizzy drink (= a drink with bubbles) made with soda water, a fruit taste and sometimes ice cream 苏打汽水（加果味，有时加入冰淇淋） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- club
- cream
- orange
- …
- bottle
- can
- glass
- …
- drink
- sip
- get
- …
- water
- pop
- bottle
- …
- a Scotch and soda
- [uncountable]
a chemical substance in common use that is a compound of sodium 苏打；纯碱；无水碳酸钠 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- caustic
- baking
- washing
- …
- lime
- lake
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from medieval Latin, from Arabic suwwad ‘saltwort’ (a plant whose ashes were formally used in soap making).