Pepperoni is a spicy, reddish sausage, the one that sits in oily coins on a pizza. The taste is strong: smoked, a little hot, a little sweet from paprika.

PepperoniPepperoni is a spicy, reddish sausage是一種辣辣的、偏紅色的香腸，the one that sits in oily coins on a pizza就是披薩上那一片片油亮的圓片。The taste is strong味道很重：smoked煙燻味、a little hot有點辣、a little sweet from paprika還有紅椒粉帶來的一點甜。

In American English it is an everyday pizza topping, usually pork or a mix of pork and beef, dried and cured so it keeps.

In American English在美式英文裡，it is an everyday pizza topping它是披薩常見的配料，usually pork or a mix of pork and beef通常是豬肉，或豬肉牛肉混合，dried and cured so it keeps經過風乾醃製以便保存。

Though actually this is not what Italians mean by the look-alike word. In Italy, peperoni (different spelling) are sweet peppers — the vegetable. The American sausage borrowed the Italian plural for peppers, changed the spelling, and walked off with a new meaning.

Though actually不過其實，this is not what Italians mean by the look-alike word這跟義大利人講那個長得很像的字意思不一樣。In Italy在義大利，peperoni (different spelling)peperoni（拼法不同）are sweet peppers指的是甜椒——the vegetable一種蔬菜。The American sausage美式的這種香腸 borrowed the Italian plural for peppers借用了義大利文「甜椒」的複數形，changed the spelling改了拼法，and walked off with a new meaning就這樣帶走了一個新的意思。

So English pepperoni is an Italian-American food word, not a menu item you should expect in Rome under that name. In Taiwan pizza shops people often just say pepperoni; they mean this sausage, not 青椒.

So English pepperoni所以英文的 pepperoni is an Italian-American food word是一個義裔美國的食物用字，not a menu item you should expect in Rome under that name別指望在羅馬的菜單上用這個名字點得到。In Taiwan pizza shops在台灣的披薩店，people often just say pepperoni大家常常直接說 pepperoni；they mean this sausage指的是這種香腸，not 青椒不是青椒。