A pretzel is a salty bread, baked in a loose knot or as a long thin stick. The knot is the picture most people have: a pale or brown twist, often with big salt crystals on the outside, sometimes with seeds.

A pretzel是 a salty bread一種鹹麵包, baked烤成 in a loose knot or as a long thin stick鬆鬆的結狀，或細長的棒狀. The knot這個結狀 is是 the picture most people have大部分人腦中的畫面: a pale or brown twist一個淺色或棕色的扭結, often常常 with big salt crystals on the outside外面有大顆的鹽粒, sometimes有時 with seeds還帶著籽.

Though actually, not every pretzel is hard. The little ones in snack bags are dry and crunchy, more like a cracker. The ones you buy warm from a bakery or a stall can be soft in the middle, like a roll, and people eat those with butter or a thick sauce.

Though actually不過實際上, not every pretzel is hard不是每個pretzel都是硬的. The little ones小包裝裡那種小的 in snack bags零食袋裡的 are是 dry and crunchy乾乾脆脆的, more like a cracker比較像餅乾. The ones你在麵包店或攤子買的那種 you buy warm from a bakery or a stall can be溫熱買的可以 soft in the middle中間軟軟的, like a roll像麵包捲, and而且 people人們 eat those with butter or a thick sauce會配奶油或濃醬吃.

In the United States they are an ordinary snack, the kind you see at a ball game. In Germany they are everyday bread, not a treat.

In the United States在美國, they它們 are是 an ordinary snack一種普通的點心, the kind you see at a ball game就是你在球賽會看到的那種. In Germany在德國, they它們 are是 everyday bread日常的麵包, not不是 a treat特別的點心.

English speakers also stretch the word a little: if someone sits with their legs twisted together, a friend might say they are sitting like a pretzel. That is playful talk, not the food sense.

English speakers英文使用者 also也 stretch the word把這個字用得更寬鬆一點 a little: if如果 someone有人 sits with their legs twisted together坐著把腿交纏在一起, a friend朋友 might say可能會說 they are sitting like a pretzel他們坐得像個pretzel. That那樣講 is playful talk是開玩笑的說法, not不是 the food sense食物那個意思.