Hemp is a tall plant with a tough stem. For a very long time people grew it to make rope, cloth, paper, and oil from the seeds.

Hemp大麻 is a tall plant with a tough stem是一種莖很粗韌的高大植物 for a very long time很長一段時間裡 people grew it人們種植它 to make rope, cloth, and paper來做繩子、布、紙 and oil from the seeds還有用種子榨油

Though actually the cloth word canvas is a cousin of this plant-name: canvas was once hemp cloth, even if most canvas today is cotton or something else.

Though actually不過其實 the cloth word canvas帆布這個字 is a cousin of this plant-name跟這個植物名是同源詞 canvas was once hemp cloth帆布曾經是指大麻布 even if most canvas today即使現在大部分的帆布 is cotton or something else是棉或其他材質做的

Hemp belongs to the same plant family as cannabis, the plant some people use as a drug. Careful speakers now keep two uses apart. Industrial hemp is grown for rope, cloth, and oil, and it has very little of the chemical that makes you high; other cannabis is grown for that chemical. In ordinary English, hemp leans toward the useful-plant meaning, and cannabis or marijuana toward the drug.

Hemp大麻 belongs to the same plant family as跟 cannabis, the plant some people use as a drug一些人拿來當毒品用的cannabis是同一個植物科 careful speakers now謹慎的人現在 keep two uses apart會把這兩種用法分開 industrial hemp工業用的大麻 is grown for rope, cloth, and oil是種來做繩子、布、榨油用的 and it has very little of the chemical that makes you high裡面讓人嗨起來的化學物質很少 other cannabis is grown for that chemical其他的cannabis則是為了那種化學物質而種的 in ordinary English在日常英文裡 hemp leans toward the useful-plant meaninghemp比較偏向「有用植物」的意思 and cannabis or marijuana toward the drug而cannabis或marijuana比較偏向毒品

The word itself is old farm English, not a lab word.

The word itself這個字本身 is old farm English是很老的農場英文詞 not a lab word不是實驗室發明的詞