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Camphor is a white, crystal-like substance with a sharp, cool smell. It comes from the camphor tree, or is made in a factory to copy that smell.
Camphor這種東西叫Camphor（樟腦） is a white, crystal-like substance是一種白色、結晶狀的物質, with a sharp, cool smell帶有一種嗆嗆、涼涼的氣味. It comes from the camphor tree它來自樟樹, or is made in a factory to copy that smell或是工廠人工製造來模仿那個味道
People have long used it to keep moths and other insects out of clothes, and it goes into some rubs for sore muscles or a blocked nose. You must not eat it, and it can be dangerous for small children and for some people who already have trouble breathing — so the tidy picture of “a helpful household smell” is a bit too tidy.
People have long used it to keep moths and other insects out of clothes人們長久以來用它來防止蛾和其他蟲子跑進衣服裡, and it goes into some rubs for sore muscles or a blocked nose也會加進一些治肌肉痠痛或鼻塞的藥膏裡. You must not eat it絕對不能吃它, and it can be dangerous for small children and for some people who already have trouble breathing對小小孩和本來就有呼吸問題的人來說可能很危險 — so the tidy picture of "a helpful household smell" is a bit too tidy所以「有用的居家氣味」這種美好印象其實有點太美好了
In East Asia it has a long history in medicine and in temples as well as in the wardrobe. The smell is close to mothballs, though actually many mothballs today are a different chemical, not camphor.
In East Asia it has a long history in medicine and in temples as well as in the wardrobe在東亞，它在醫藥、廟裡，還有衣櫃裡都有很長的歷史. The smell is close to mothballs這個味道跟樟腦丸很像, though actually many mothballs today are a different chemical, not camphor不過其實現在很多樟腦丸用的是別的化學成分，不是樟腦
A slightly old-fashioned, practical word; chemists and grandmothers both know it.
A slightly old-fashioned, practical word是個有點老派、很實用的字; chemists and grandmothers both know it化學家和阿嬤都認識它
組成From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic kāfūr, in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
camphornoun/ˈkæmfɚ/
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chemistrynatural-sciencesorganic-chemistryA white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.
- Yet, oddly enough, I found a far unlikelier substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that by chance, I suppose, had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first that it was paraffin wax, and smashed the glass accordingly. But the odour of camphor was unmistakable. In the universal decay this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousands of centuries.
- A form of camphor known as monobromated camphor is said to have an anaphrodisiac effect.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesorganic-chemistrya plant-extracted crystalline substance similar to common camphor, especially Borneo camphor.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。