A headband is a band you wear around your head. People put one on to keep hair off the face, to catch sweat in sport, or because it looks nice.

A headbandheadband（頭帶、髮帶） is a band是一條帶子 you wear around your head戴在頭上。People put one on人們戴上它 to keep hair off the face是為了讓頭髮不擋到臉、to catch sweat in sport運動時吸汗、or because it looks nice或只是因為好看。

Some are soft cloth or elastic and sit across the forehead; some are a hard hoop that slides into the hair. English still calls that hoop a headband, though actually shops in Taiwan often split the two: the soft kind as 髮帶 and the hard kind as 髮箍.

Some are soft cloth or elastic有些是軟布或鬆緊帶 and sit across the forehead橫戴在額頭上；some are a hard hoop有些是硬的圓箍 that slides into the hair插進頭髮裡。English still calls that hoop a headband英文仍把那個硬箍也叫headband，though actually不過其實 shops in Taiwan often split the two台灣店家常把兩者分開：the soft kind as 髮帶軟的叫髮帶，and the hard kind as 髮箍硬的叫髮箍。

It is an ordinary object word, not slang. You will hear it in sport, in fashion, and in kids' dress-up (a frog headband, a cat-ear headband).

It is an ordinary object word這是個普通的物品名詞，not slang不是俚語。You will hear it你會聽到它 in sport在運動、in fashion時尚、and in kids' dress-up還有小孩扮裝 (a frog headband, a cat-ear headband)（青蛙頭帶、貓耳頭帶）裡。

It is not the thing that goes on your ears and makes sound, and it is not a cloth you wrap around a cut.

It is not the thing它不是那種東西 that goes on your ears and makes sound戴在耳朵上會發出聲音的（耳機），and it is not a cloth也不是那種布 you wrap around a cut包在傷口上的（繃帶）。