marrow西葫芦

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

Marrow is a British term that is sometimes used in America．It means“a long，green squash，”often zucchini，and has its origins in the use of marrow as the term for the pulp of a fruit，which dates back to at least the tenth century．Squash was often called marrow—squash in eighteenth—century America．

该词为英国用语，在美国有时也使用。它指长形的绿色葫芦。其出处源于作“果肉”解的marrow，至少可追溯至第十世纪。在18世纪的美国，squash也常被称为marrow—squash。