Cumin is a plant, and also the small brown seeds we dry and cook with. The seeds smell warm and a little sweet-earthy, not hot like chilli.

Cumin孜然 is是 a plant,一種植物， and also也是 the small brown seeds那些棕色小種子 we dry and cook with.我們曬乾拿來煮食用的。The seeds smell這種種子聞起來 warm and a little sweet-earthy,溫暖、帶點土香甜味， not hot like chilli.不像辣椒那樣辛辣。

You will meet them a lot in Indian food (inside curry powder) and in Mexican food (inside taco spice), and also in North African and Middle Eastern cooking. Cooks use the whole seeds or grind them into powder.

You will meet them a lot你會常常遇到它 in Indian food在印度菜裡 (inside curry powder)（咖哩粉裡就有） and in Mexican food也在墨西哥菜裡 (inside taco spice),（塔可調味料裡也有）， and also in North African and Middle Eastern cooking.以及北非和中東料理裡。Cooks use廚師會用 the whole seeds整顆的種子 or grind them into powder.或磨成粉。

In the kitchen, "cumin" almost always means the spice, not the living plant.

In the kitchen,在廚房裡， "cumin""cumin"（孜然）這個字 almost always means幾乎都是指 the spice,香料， not the living plant.而不是那株活的植物。

Though actually, cumin and caraway look a bit like each other on a shelf, and tired shoppers mix them up — they may be distant cousins, but they do not taste the same. Cumin is the deeper, earthier one.

Though actually,不過其實， cumin and caraway孜然和葛縷子 look a bit like each other on a shelf,在架上看起來有點像， and tired shoppers mix them up累了的購物者常常會搞混 — they may be distant cousins,——它們可能算遠親， but they do not taste the same.但味道並不一樣。Cumin孜然 is是 the deeper, earthier one.味道比較深沉、土味比較重的那個。

It is a normal food word, not a fancy one.

It is是 a normal food word,一個普通的食物用語， not a fancy one.不是什麼高級的字。