Hemoglobin is the special material inside red blood cells that picks up oxygen in the lungs and carries it around the body. It is also what makes blood look red. If a blood test says your hemoglobin is low, you have too little of this material, and you may feel tired and pale.

Hemoglobin Hemoglobin is指的是the special material inside red blood cells紅血球裡的一種特殊物質,that picks up oxygen in the lungs它會在肺部吸收氧氣,and carries it around the body再把氧氣帶到全身。It它is also what makes blood look red也是讓血液看起來是紅色的原因。If a blood test says your hemoglobin is low如果驗血報告顯示你的hemoglobin偏低,you have too little of this material代表你這種物質太少,and you may feel tired and pale可能會覺得疲倦、臉色蒼白。

This is the American spelling. In British English the same word is haemoglobin. Though actually, they name the same thing in the body; only the spelling follows US or UK style.

This這是is the American spelling美式拼法。In British English在英式英文裡,the same word is haemoglobin同一個字寫成haemoglobin。Though actually不過,they name the same thing in the body它們在身體裡指的是同一樣東西,only the spelling follows US or UK style只是拼法照美式或英式而不同。

The older scientific name was built from hematin (a blood-colouring stuff, from Greek haima, blood) plus globulin (a ball-shaped kind of protein, from Latin globus, ball). You will meet the word on lab reports more than in street talk.

The older scientific name比較早期的學名,was built from是由,hematin hematin(a blood-colouring stuff, from Greek haima, blood一種讓血液有顏色的物質,來自希臘文haima,意思是血),plus globulin加上globulin(a ball-shaped kind of protein, from Latin globus, ball一種球狀的蛋白質,來自拉丁文globus,意思是球)組成的。on lab reports驗血報告上,You will meet the word你比較會看到這個字,more than in street talk而不是在日常口語裡。