He had propped open the slit that dishes passed through into the kitchen with a catsup bottle.

他用一只番茄汁瓶子把那个小开，这个小是用来递盆子进厨房的。

They originally referred to their product as catsup, but switched to ketchup in the 1880s to stand out.

他们最初称他们的产品为catsup（番茄酱），但在 19 世纪 80 向 ketchup（番茄酱）以脱颖而出。

Ketchup and catsup are simply two different spellings for the same thing: a modern, Westernized version of a condiment that European traders were introduced to while visiting the Far East in the late 17th century.

ketchup 和 catsup 是同一事物的两种不同拼写： 17 世纪末欧洲商人在访问远东时被介绍给一种调味品的现西化版本。