A disinfectant is a chemical or cleaning product that destroys bacteria and other tiny living things that can make you ill — germs on surfaces, not usually inside the body. You put it on tables, floors, toilets, kitchen tools, and sometimes on a wound of a certain kind.

A disinfectant消毒劑 is a chemical or cleaning product that destroys bacteria and other tiny living things that can make you ill是一種可以殺死細菌和其他會讓人生病的微小生物的化學藥劑或清潔產品 — germs on surfaces, not usually inside the body對付的是表面上的病菌，通常不是身體裡面。You put it on tables, floors, toilets, kitchen tools你會把它用在桌子、地板、馬桶、廚房用具上, and sometimes on a wound of a certain kind有時候也會用在某一種傷口上。

Though actually, people mix it up with antiseptic: antiseptic is more for skin; disinfectant is more for things and rooms. Soap mostly washes dirt off; disinfectant is meant to kill germs.

Though actually不過其實, people mix it up with antiseptic人們常常把它跟antiseptic搞混: antiseptic is more for skinantiseptic比較是用在皮膚上; disinfectant is more for things and roomsdisinfectant比較是用在物品和房間上。Soap mostly washes dirt off肥皂主要是把髒污洗掉; disinfectant is meant to kill germsdisinfectant的目的是殺菌。

Household bleach, alcohol wipes, and many kitchen sprays count. The word can also describe the product: a disinfectant spray.

Household bleach, alcohol wipes, and many kitchen sprays count家用漂白水、酒精濕紙巾，還有很多廚房噴劑，都算是disinfectant。The word can also describe the product這個字也可以拿來形容產品本身: a disinfectant spray消毒噴劑。

It is an ordinary, practical word, not a fancy one.

It is an ordinary, practical word這是一個普通、實用的字, not a fancy one不是什麼花俏的用語。