An abscess is a sore place in the body where an infection has made a pocket of thick yellowish liquid. That liquid is pus. The spot is often red, hot, swollen, and it hurts in a deep, beating way.

An abscess is a sore place in the bodyabscess 是身體裡一個疼痛的地方，where an infection has made a pocket of thick yellowish liquid感染在那裡形成了一個裝著濃稠黃色液體的囊袋。That liquid is pus那個液體就是膿。The spot is often red, hot, swollen那個地方通常又紅、又熱、又腫，and it hurts in a deep, beating way而且會有一種深沉、一跳一跳的痛。

It can sit under the skin, in the gum beside a bad tooth, or deeper inside — a doctor may talk about an abscess in the liver or even the brain. The body is trying to wall the germs off. Though actually, that wall is not a happy ending: the pocket can grow, burst, or make you very ill if it is not treated.

It can sit under the skin它可能長在皮膚底下，in the gum beside a bad tooth長在蛀牙旁邊的牙齦裡，or deeper inside或更深的地方——a doctor may talk about an abscess in the liver or even the brain醫生可能會提到肝臟裡，甚至是腦部的膿瘍。The body is trying to wall the germs off身體正試著把細菌圍起來。Though actually不過其實，that wall is not a happy ending這道圍牆並不是個好結局：the pocket can grow, burst這個囊袋可能會變大、破裂，or make you very ill if it is not treated如果沒有治療，可能會讓你病得很重。

People sometimes wait, hoping it is “just a spot,” but an abscess is not a normal pimple. A pimple is small and usually stays in the skin; an abscess is an infection with a collection of pus, and it often needs a doctor — sometimes to drain it, often with medicine.

People sometimes wait人們有時候會等，hoping it is "just a spot,"希望它「只是個小疙瘩」，but an abscess is not a normal pimple但 abscess 不是普通的青春痘。A pimple is small and usually stays in the skin青春痘很小，通常停留在皮膚裡；an abscess is an infection with a collection of pus而 abscess 是有膿聚集的感染，and it often needs a doctor常常需要看醫生——sometimes to drain it有時候要把膿引流出來，often with medicine常常還要用藥。

You will hear the word at the dentist and in hospitals. It is medical, but not rare.

You will hear the word你會聽到這個字 at the dentist and in hospitals在牙醫診所和醫院裡。It is medical這個字是醫學用語，but not rare但並不罕見。