鳄梨背后的意义会让你以不同的方式看待这种水果

如果没有其关键成分——不起眼的鳄梨，你根本无法制作一碗鳄梨酱。这种绿色的东西与美味的玉米片甚至沙拉完美搭配

The humble avocado is a key ingredient in guacamole, a delicious dip that pairs well with nachos or salad. To celebrate National Guacamole Day on September 16, here's a fun fact:

不起眼的鳄梨是鳄梨酱的关键成分，鳄梨酱是一种美味的蘸酱，与玉米片或沙拉搭配得很好。为了庆祝 9 月 16 日全国鳄梨酱日，这里有一个有趣的事实：

The word "avocado" is believed to have originated from the Nahuatl word for testicle, due to the fruit's shape and the fact that it grows in pairs.

“鳄梨”这个词被认为起源于纳瓦特尔语中睾丸的意思，因为这种水果的形状和它成对生长的事实。

The Aztecs called the fruit "aoacatl," which was transliterated into “āhuacatl.” This essentially means "testicle" in Nahuatl.

阿兹特克人将这种水果称为“aoacatl”，音译为“āhuacatl”。这在纳瓦特尔语中本质上是“睾丸”的意思。

In a TikTok video, user @leksesapp, with 302,000 followers, shared this interesting fact. He explained that the Nahuatl language, spoken by about 1.5 million people in modern-day Mexico and Central America, was spoken in Mesoamerica, where the Aztecs discovered the avocado around 500BC.

在 TikTok 视频中，拥有 302,000 名关注者的用户@leksesapp 分享了这个有趣的事实。他解释说，纳瓦特尔语在现代墨西哥和中美洲约有 150 万人使用，中美洲也使用纳瓦特尔语，阿兹特克人于公元前 500 年左右在那里发现了鳄梨。

He said, "The Aztecs discovered the avocado around 500BC and named it based off of, well you could probably guess, its shape and texture, and the fact that it grows in pairs."

他说：“阿兹特克人在公元前 500 年左右发现了鳄梨，并根据（你可能猜到了）它的形状和质地以及它成对生长的事实来命名它。”

"So of course, it was only natural to name the food based off what it looks like. It gets better too, the word molli in the Nahuatl language literally translates to sauce, so people speculated guacamole also translated to testicle sauce."

“当然，根据食物的外观来命名食物是很自然的。它也变得更好，纳瓦特尔语中的molli这个词字面意思是酱汁，所以人们推测鳄梨酱也可以翻译成睾丸酱。”

However, language specialists have debunked this claim due to the Spanish derivation of the word.

然而，由于该词源自西班牙语，语言专家驳斥了这一说法。

The video has garnered 1,600 likes and hundreds of comments. Some viewers expressed surprise and amusement, while others shared their own insights about the Nahuatl language andavocado lore.

该视频已获得 1,600 个点赞和数百条评论。一些观众表达了惊讶和有趣，而另一些观众则分享了他们自己对纳瓦特尔语和鳄梨传说的见解。