A zucchini is that long vegetable with smooth dark-green skin, pale soft flesh and a mild taste — the one that looks like a small fat cucumber but is cooked, not eaten raw. You slice it and fry it, put it in soup, grill it, or grate it into cakes and bread. Botanically it is a young marrow, picked small while the skin is still tender.

A zucchini is that long vegetable with smooth dark-green skin, pale soft flesh and a mild tastezucchini是一種長長的蔬菜，皮滑滑的深綠色，肉是淡淡軟軟的，味道很淡——the one that looks like a small fat cucumber but is cooked, not eaten raw外型有點像矮胖的小黃瓜，但是要煮過吃，不是生吃。You slice it and fry it, put it in soup, grill it, or grate it into cakes and bread可以切片油煎、放進湯裡、用烤的，或磨碎加進蛋糕和麵包裡。Botanically it is a young marrow從植物學來說它是一種年輕的marrow（南瓜屬蔬菜），picked small while the skin is still tender趁皮還嫩的時候就採收下來，所以個頭小。

The interesting part is which English you are speaking. Americans, Canadians and Australians say zucchini; the British, the Irish and New Zealanders say courgette. Same vegetable, two borrowings — one from Italian, one from French. Neither is more correct; just know both, because a British recipe will say courgette and an American one zucchini, and a student who knows only one word will stall halfway through the recipe.

The interesting part is which English you are speaking有趣的地方在於你講的是哪一種英文。Americans, Canadians and Australians say zucchini美國人、加拿大人和澳洲人說zucchini；the British, the Irish and New Zealanders say courgette英國人、愛爾蘭人和紐西蘭人說courgette。Same vegetable, two borrowings同一種蔬菜，兩個借來的字——one from Italian, one from French一個來自義大利文，一個來自法文。Neither is more correct哪個都不算比較對；just know both只要兩個都認得就好，because a British recipe will say courgette and an American one zucchini因為英國食譜會寫courgette，美國食譜會寫zucchini，and a student who knows only one word will stall halfway through the recipe只認得一個字的學生食譜看到一半就會卡住。

The plural is normally zucchini, unchanged — 'three zucchini' — since the word was already plural in Italian, though you will hear 'zucchinis' from plenty of native speakers and nobody minds. It also works uncountably when you mean the food in general: 'I don't like zucchini.' There is also 'zucchini flower', the yellow blossom, which restaurants stuff and fry.

The plural is normally zucchini, unchanged複數通常還是zucchini，不變——'three zucchini'像'three zucchini'——since the word was already plural in Italian因為這個字在義大利文裡本來就是複數，though you will hear 'zucchinis' from plenty of native speakers不過還是會聽到不少母語人士講'zucchinis'，and nobody minds大家也不介意。It also works uncountably when you mean the food in general指食物整體概念時也可以當不可數名詞用：'I don't like zucchini.'像'I don't like zucchini.'我不喜歡櫛瓜。There is also 'zucchini flower'另外還有'zucchini flower'，the yellow blossom也就是黃色的花，which restaurants stuff and fry餐廳會拿去塞餡油炸。