A centipede is a long, thin creature with a jointed body and a great many little legs, two on each body-part. It looks a bit like a worm if you only glance, but it is not a worm: it has a hard outside and it runs.

A centipede is a long, thin creaturecentipede是一種細長的生物 with a jointed body身體一節一節的 and a great many little legs, two on each body-part有非常多小腳，每一節兩隻. It looks a bit like a worm如果只是瞄一眼會覺得有點像蟲 if you only glance, but it is not a worm但它不是蟲: it has a hard outside它外殼是硬的 and it runs而且會快速爬動.

You find it under stones, in damp soil, in wood piles, and sometimes in a bathroom or under a flowerpot.

You find it你會在 under stones石頭底下, in damp soil潮濕的土裡, in wood piles木堆裡 and sometimes in a bathroom or under a flowerpot找到它，有時候也會在浴室或花盆底下.

The name says “hundred feet,” though actually almost no centipede has exactly a hundred legs — some have far fewer, some have more.

The name says "hundred feet,"這個名字的意思是「百隻腳」 though actually不過事實上 almost no centipede has exactly a hundred legs幾乎沒有一隻centipede剛好有一百隻腳 — some have far fewer, some have more——有些少很多，有些又更多.

Many can bite; the bite stings, but the ones people meet in a Taiwan house are usually more frightening than dangerous. Centipedes hunt small insects.

Many can bite很多centipede會咬人; the bite stings咬到會刺痛, but the ones people meet in a Taiwan house但在台灣家裡遇到的那種 are usually more frightening than dangerous通常是嚇人多過危險. Centipedes hunt small insectscentipede會捕食小昆蟲.

People often mix them up with millipedes, which are slower, more rounded, and eat plants. It is an ordinary nature word: children know it, and science class uses it too.

People often mix them up with millipedes人們常常把它和millipede搞混, which are slower, more rounded, and eat plants那種比較慢、身體比較圓、吃植物. It is an ordinary nature word這是個很普通的自然用字: children know it小朋友都知道, and science class uses it too自然課也會用到.