Iodine is a chemical element (symbol I). In a school lab you meet it as a dark, almost violet-black solid; if you warm it, the vapour is a striking purple — and that colour is why it got its name.

Iodine碘 is a chemical element是一種化學元素 (symbol I)（符號是I）。In a school lab在學校實驗室裡, you你 meet it as a dark, almost violet-black solid會看到它是一種深色、接近紫黑色的固體; if you warm it如果加熱它, the vapour蒸氣 is a striking purple會是一種很搶眼的紫色 — and而 that colour is why it got its name這個顏色也是它名字的由來。

Families also know it as the stuff put on cuts to kill germs. Though actually, what you paint on a wound is usually not the pure element.

Families一般家庭 also know it as the stuff put on cuts to kill germs也知道它是塗在傷口上殺菌的東西。Though actually不過其實 what you paint on a wound你塗在傷口上的 is usually not the pure element通常不是純的元素。

Learner books sometimes call it “dark blue”; the colours people remember are purple vapour and a brown stain on skin. In a Taiwan pharmacy the old brown liquid is 碘酒; the milder reddish antiseptic many people ask for is 優碘, an iodine mix, not the stinging brown liquid alone.

Learner books學習用的書 sometimes call it "dark blue"有時候會說它是「深藍色」; the colours people remember但大家真正會記得的顏色 are purple vapour and a brown stain on skin是紫色的蒸氣，以及皮膚上留下的棕色印子。In a Taiwan pharmacy在台灣藥局裡, the old brown liquid那種老式的棕色液體 is 碘酒叫做碘酒; the milder reddish antiseptic many people ask for很多人要的那種比較溫和、帶點紅色的消毒藥水 is 優碘叫優碘, an iodine mix是碘的混合物, not不是 the stinging brown liquid alone單純刺痛的棕色液體。

It is a science word, but a household one too because of first aid.

It它 is a science word是一個科學詞彙, but但 a household one too also因為急救的關係也是家家戶戶都會用到的字 because of first aid(合併)。