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salsa

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Dance, Music, Food, Food, dish
sal·sa /ˈsælsə $ ˈsɑːl-/ noun [uncountable]  1. APDAPMa type of Latin American dance music 〔拉丁美洲的〕萨尔萨舞曲2. DFDFFa sauce made from onions, tomatoes, and chillies, that you put on Spanish or Mexican food 辣番茄酱〔一种用洋葱、番茄和辣椒做的调味辣汁,常浇于西班牙或墨西哥食物上〕
Examples from the Corpus
salsaLike the pita and salsa, the combination isn't a natural.Today, accessories are as hot as chili salsa served at a tango contest.Add mango, salsa and raisin; mix well.And while both parts are perfectly good, I prefer pita with hummus and my salsa with chips.Tabitha's headset suddenly locked into an ambient channel and began to tinkle with tinny salsa.Smallish venue by the canal with a range of nights, although the emphasis is on uplifting house through to salsa.Every table is treated to a basket of warm pita bread accompanied by a spunky tomatillo salsa.And, of course, what would salsa be without a little dip.
Origin salsa (1900-2000) Spanish sauce, from Latin; → SAUCE
sal·sa nounChineseSyllable
of Latin dance American Corpus type a music


salsa
salsa /ˈsælsə $ ˈsɑːl-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: 'sauce', from Latin; sauce
1. a type of Latin American dance music
2. a sauce made from onions, tomatoes, and chillies, that you put on Spanish or Mexican food


salsaBrE /ˈsælsə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɑːlsə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a type of Latin American dance music 萨尔萨舞曲(一种拉丁美洲舞曲) [countable, uncountable] a dance performed to this music 萨尔萨舞 [uncountable] a sauce eaten with Mexican food 辣番茄酱(常用于墨西哥食物)