Tex-Mex describes food, music and style that grew up among Mexican-American people in Texas — Mexican roots, but changed by living in the US for generations. It is used as an adjective ('Tex-Mex food', 'a Tex-Mex restaurant') and also as a noun for the food itself ('we had Tex-Mex last night').

Tex-Mex describes food, music and styleTex-Mex形容的是一種飲食、音樂和風格 that grew up among Mexican-American people in Texas在德州墨西哥裔美國人之間發展出來的 — Mexican roots, but changed by living in the US for generations——根源是墨西哥，但因為好幾代都住在美國而變了樣。 It is used as an adjective ('Tex-Mex food', 'a Tex-Mex restaurant')它可以當形容詞用，像'Tex-Mex food'、'a Tex-Mex restaurant'， and also as a noun for the food itself ('we had Tex-Mex last night')也可以當名詞指這種食物本身，像'we had Tex-Mex last night'。

In food, it means dishes like nachos, hard-shell tacos, chilli con carne, fajitas and burritos, usually with plenty of yellow cheese, cumin and beef. Many of these are famous around the world as 'Mexican food', but in Mexico people would not recognise them as their own cooking.

In food, it means dishes like nachos, hard-shell tacos, chilli con carne, fajitas and burritos在食物方面，指的是像nachos、硬殼taco、chilli con carne、fajitas和burritos這些菜， usually with plenty of yellow cheese, cumin and beef通常會放很多黃起司、孜然，和牛肉。 Many of these are famous around the world as 'Mexican food'這些菜很多在全世界都被當成「墨西哥菜」出名， but in Mexico people would not recognise them as their own cooking但在墨西哥當地人不會認為這是自己的料理。

In music, Tex-Mex (also called Tejano) mixes Mexican songs with the accordion and the polka beat that German and Czech settlers brought to Texas.

In music, Tex-Mex (also called Tejano)在音樂方面，Tex-Mex（也叫Tejano） mixes Mexican songs with the accordion and the polka beat把墨西哥歌曲跟手風琴，還有波卡舞曲的節奏混在一起 that German and Czech settlers brought to Texas那個節奏是德國和捷克移民帶來德州的。

Here is the part worth knowing: the word started as a mild put-down, a way of saying 'not the real thing'. Then the people it described took it up themselves, and now it is mostly a plain, proud label — a restaurant will happily call itself Tex-Mex. Some cooks still use it to mean 'watered down for American tastes', so the old edge has not completely gone.

Here is the part worth knowing值得知道的是， the word started as a mild put-down這個字一開始是一種輕微的貶低， a way of saying 'not the real thing'意思是「不是真正的東西」。 Then the people it described took it up themselves後來被這樣稱呼的人自己接受了這個詞， and now it is mostly a plain, proud label現在大多是個坦然、帶點驕傲的標籤 — a restaurant will happily call itself Tex-Mex——一家餐廳會很樂意自稱Tex-Mex。 Some cooks still use it to mean 'watered down for American tastes'有些廚師還是會用它來表示「為了迎合美國口味而變淡的」， so the old edge has not completely gone所以那股舊時的刺還沒完全消失。

It is always written with the hyphen and both capitals.

It is always written with the hyphen and both capitals這個字一定要寫成連字號加兩個大寫字母。