soya

noun
🔊/ˈsɔɪə/
🔊/ˈsɔɪə/
(British English)
(North American English soy
🔊/sɔɪ/
🔊/sɔɪ/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. the plant on which soya beans grow; the food obtained from soya beans大豆(作物);大豆食物
    • a soya crop大豆作物
    • soya flour豆面
    Topics Farmingc1, Foodc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySoya is used before these nouns:
    • bean
    • milk
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Dutch soja, from Malay soi.