Antifreeze is a liquid you mix into the water in a car's engine so that water cannot freeze into ice and crack the engine in cold weather. Most of it is a kind of alcohol (often ethylene glycol, sometimes a safer cousin).

Antifreeze防凍液 is a liquid you mix into the water in a car's engine是加進汽車引擎冷卻水裡的液體，so that water cannot freeze into ice and crack the engine in cold weather讓水在冷天不會結冰把引擎撐裂。Most of it is a kind of alcohol它大部分成分是一種酒精（often ethylene glycol, sometimes a safer cousin通常是乙二醇，有時是比較安全的同類物質）。

Though actually it does more than the name says. It also helps stop the water from boiling too easily in hot weather, and it protects the metal inside from rust, so drivers in warm places still use it.

Though actually不過事實上，it does more than the name says它做的事情比名字說的還多。It also helps stop the water from boiling too easily in hot weather它還能讓水在熱天不容易沸騰，and it protects the metal inside from rust也能保護裡面的金屬不生鏽，so drivers in warm places still use it所以住在溫暖地方的駕駛人還是會用它。

The water-and-antifreeze mix is what people mean by coolant. It often looks bright green, orange, or pink so you can see a leak.

The water-and-antifreeze mix水加防凍液混合起來的東西 is what people mean by coolant就是大家說的coolant水箱精／冷卻液。It often looks bright green, orange, or pink它通常是亮綠色、橘色或粉紅色，so you can see a leak這樣你才看得出來漏了。

One messy truth: it can taste slightly sweet, and it is poisonous, especially to dogs and cats who might lick a spill. Wipe it up.

One messy truth一個麻煩的事實：it can taste slightly sweet它嘗起來有點甜，and it is poisonous而且有毒，especially to dogs and cats who might lick a spill尤其對可能去舔灑出來液體的貓狗。Wipe it up要把它擦乾淨。

You put it in the radiator or coolant tank, never in the petrol tank.

You put it in the radiator or coolant tank你要把它加進水箱或冷卻液桶裡，never in the petrol tank絕對不要加進油箱。