broth

noun
🔊/brɒθ/
🔊/brɔːθ/
[uncountable, countable]Idioms
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  1. thick soup made by boiling meat or fish and vegetables in water(加入蔬菜的)肉汤,鱼汤
    • chicken broth鸡汤
    see also Scotch brothTopics Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBroth is used after these nouns:
    • beef
    • chicken
    • meat
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    Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to brew.
Idioms
too many cooks spoil the broth
  1. (saying) if too many people are involved in doing something, it will not be done well厨师多了烧坏汤;人多手杂反坏事;人多添乱