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口撑开，这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）， 19 世纪 80 年代转向 ketchup（番茄）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 世纪末欧洲商人访问远东时被介绍给一种调味品的现代西化版本。