A hex is an evil curse that is supposed to bring trouble — bad luck, sickness, a team that cannot win. People also use it as a verb: to hex someone is to put that curse on them.

A hex is an evil curse是一種邪惡的詛咒，that is supposed to bring trouble據說會帶來麻煩——bad luck, sickness, a team that cannot win壞運氣、生病、一支贏不了球的球隊。People also use it as a verb人們也會把它當動詞用：to hex someone對某人施咒 is就是 to put that curse on them把那個詛咒加在他們身上。

The word came into American English from Pennsylvania German, the German spoken by some settlers, from a word for witchcraft and witch.

The word這個字 came into American English進入美式英語，from Pennsylvania German是從賓州德語——the German spoken by some settlers也就是一些移民所說的德語——裡，from a word for witchcraft and witch源自一個指「巫術」和「女巫」的字而來。

It still feels a bit folksy and American; you hear it in stories, jokes (“they put a hex on our team”), and old-fashioned talk more than in formal writing.

It它 still feels仍然帶著 a bit folksy and American一點鄉土、美式的味道；in stories在故事, jokes (“they put a hex on our team”)笑話（「他們對我們球隊下了咒」）, and old-fashioned talk和老派的說法裡 you hear it你會聽到它 more than in formal writing比在正式書面語裡更常見。

Though actually, it is not the first word Taiwan students need for “curse” or “spell,” and it has a noisy neighbour: computer people say hex for hexadecimal, which has nothing to do with magic.

Though actually不過, it它 is not不是 the first word Taiwan students need for “curse” or “spell,”台灣學生要學「詛咒」或「咒語」時最先需要的字, and而且 it它 has有 a noisy neighbour一個很吵的「鄰居」: computer people寫程式的人 say hex for hexadecimal把hex拿來當「十六進位」的說法, which這 has nothing to do with magic跟魔法一點關係都沒有。