Kelp is a large brown seaweed — a plant that grows in cold, fairly shallow sea water and stands up from the sea floor in long, flat ribbons. Some kinds grow so tall they make underwater 'forests', where fish and other animals hide.

Kelpkelp是 a large brown seaweed一種大型褐藻——a plant that grows in cold, fairly shallow sea water一種生長在寒冷、較淺海水裡的植物 and而且 stands up from the sea floor in long, flat ribbons從海底往上長成長長扁扁的帶狀。Some kinds有些種類 grow so tall長得很高, they make underwater 'forests'形成水下的「森林」, where那裡 fish and other animals hide魚類和其他動物會躲藏。

People cut kelp for food (the thick dark sheets in soup are often this), for iodine, and for a jelly-like stuff used to thicken ice cream, sauces, and toothpaste. In everyday English it is a plain nature-and-food word, not slang.

People人們 cut kelp for food採收kelp當食物 (the thick dark sheets in soup are often this湯裡那種厚厚深色的片狀物常常就是這個), for iodine拿來提煉碘, and和 for a jelly-like stuff used to thicken ice cream, sauces, and toothpaste拿來做增稠冰淇淋、醬料、牙膏的膠狀物質。In everyday English在日常英文裡 it它 is是 a plain nature-and-food word一個普通的自然/食物用詞, not不是 slang俚語。

Scientists also use kelp as a group name for many big brown seaweeds; though actually, a packet in a shop labelled 'kelp' is usually just one edible kind, not the whole group. You will meet it in food, geography, and talk about the sea and climate, because those forests take in a lot of carbon.

Scientists科學家 also也 use kelp as a group name把kelp當作一個統稱, for many big brown seaweeds指許多大型褐藻; though actually不過其實, a packet in a shop labelled 'kelp'店裡標著「kelp」的一包 is usually just one edible kind通常只是其中一種可食用的, not不是 the whole group整個類別。You你 will meet it會在這些地方遇到它 in food食物裡, geography地理裡, and和 talk about the sea and climate談論海洋和氣候的話題裡, because因為 those forests take in a lot of carbon那些海底森林會吸收大量的碳。