chayote
chayote — 名詞
- chayotesingular
- chayotesplural
1. the fruit of a tropical vine, shaped like a large pear with light-green skin, gr
佛手瓜
梨形淡綠瓜果，常作蔬菜煮食
the fruit of a tropical vine, shaped like a large pear with light-green skin, grown for cooking in savoury dishes such as soups, stir-fries, and salads rather than being eaten raw like most fruit.
Aunt Lin sliced two chayotes and stir-fried them with minced garlic and ginger for a quick weeknight dinner.
林阿姨把兩顆佛手瓜切片，和蒜末、薑末一起快炒，當成一週中某天的快速晚餐。
stir-fry + with [ingredients] for cooking uses
The night market stall was selling fresh chayote from Hualien, so Grandma Chen bought three to make her special broth.
夜市攤位正在賣來自花蓮的新鮮佛手瓜，所以陳奶奶買了三顆要煮她的招牌湯。
When boiled in soup until soft, chayote turns slightly translucent and soaks up the flavour of the stock.
佛手瓜在湯裡煮軟之後會變得稍微半透明，並吸收湯頭的味道。
Linh stuffed the chayote halves with minced shrimp and breadcrumbs, then baked them until the tops turned golden.
Linh 把佛手瓜對半切，填入蝦仁碎和麵包粉，烤到表面金黃為止。
- choko
used mainly in Australia and New Zealand; refers to the same fruit
- vegetable pear
an English descriptive name sometimes used in markets, less common than 'chayote'
- mirliton
used in Louisiana (US) Creole cuisine, especially in stuffed dishes
用法筆記
Chayote is countable when referring to individual fruits (two chayotes) and uncountable when referring to the food ingredient in general (a bowl of chayote soup). The young shoots and tendrils of the plant are also eaten as a vegetable and are called 龍鬚菜 (lóngxūcài) in Taiwan.