A strudel is a sweet baked thing from Austria and Germany, made by rolling very thin pastry around a filling — most often apple, with sugar, cinnamon and sometimes raisins. When you cut it, you see the filling in the middle and the pastry wrapped around it in layers, like a rolled-up mat.

A strudel isstrudel是 a sweet baked thing from Austria and Germany奧地利和德國的一種甜點 made by rolling very thin pastry around a filling用非常薄的麵皮把餡料捲起來做成 most often apple最常見的是蘋果餡 with sugar, cinnamon and sometimes raisins加糖、肉桂，有時候還有葡萄乾。When you cut it切開的時候 you see the filling in the middle你會看到中間的餡料 and 還有 the pastry wrapped around it in layers一層一層捲在外面的麵皮 like a rolled-up mat就像捲起來的墊子。

Almost always you will meet it as 'apple strudel' (Apfelstrudel), which is the famous one; other fillings exist (cherry, cheese, poppy seed) but English speakers rarely say the word alone without picturing apple. It is served warm, often with cream or vanilla sauce, in cafés rather than eaten from the hand.

Almost always you will meet it你幾乎一定會遇到它 as 'apple strudel' (Apfelstrudel)以「apple strudel」（Apfelstrudel）的形式出現 which is the famous one這是最有名的版本 other fillings exist其他餡料也有 (cherry, cheese, poppy seed)（櫻桃、起司、罌粟籽） but 但 English speakers rarely say the word alone without picturing apple英語使用者很少單獨說這個字而不聯想到蘋果。It is served warm它通常是溫熱上桌 often with cream or vanilla sauce常配鮮奶油或香草醬 in cafés在咖啡店裡吃 rather than eaten from the hand而不是用手拿著吃。

Two small things worth knowing. First, calling it a cake is close enough for a menu but not quite right — it has no cake batter, only pastry, so it sits nearer to a pie or a roll.

Two small things worth knowing有兩件小事值得知道。First第一 calling it a cake把它叫作蛋糕 is close enough for a menu在菜單上還算勉強說得過去 but not quite right但不完全對 it has no cake batter它沒有蛋糕的麵糊 only pastry只有麵皮 so 所以 it sits nearer to a pie or a roll它其實比較接近派或捲餅。

Second, the German word Strudel really means 'whirlpool', which is exactly what the spiral of pastry looks like from the end; German speakers also use it as the name of the @ sign for the same reason.

Second第二 the German word Strudel really means 'whirlpool'德文的Strudel這個字本來的意思是「漩渦」 which is exactly what the spiral of pastry looks like from the end這正好就是麵皮捲起來從尾端看過去的樣子。German speakers also use it as the name of the @ sign德語使用者也用這個字來稱呼@符號 for the same reason出於同樣的理由。