A laxative is something you take when waste will not leave the body easily — usually a medicine, sometimes a food — that helps you poo. Doctors use it when someone has been blocked for days: the belly feels full and hard, and nothing will come.

A laxative is something you take when waste will not leave the body easilylaxative是廢物排不太出來時吃的東西 usually a medicine, sometimes a food通常是藥，有時候是食物 that helps you poo幫助你排便 Doctors use it when someone has been blocked for days醫生會在一個人已經卡好幾天時用它 the belly feels full and hard, and nothing will come也就是肚子脹得又硬又滿，什麼都排不出來

Some laxatives put more water into the waste so it is softer; some make the bowel push more. You can also use it as an adjective: a laxative effect, meaning it may send you to the toilet.

Some laxatives put more water into the waste so it is softer有些laxative會讓廢物含更多水分、變得比較軟 some make the bowel push more有些則會讓腸道更用力推動 You can also use it as an adjective你也可以把它當形容詞用 a laxative effect, meaning it may send you to the toilet像a laxative effect，意思是它可能會讓你想上廁所

Though actually, people say this lightly about fruit or coffee, and that is not the same as real medicine.

Though actually不過其實 people say this lightly about fruit or coffee人們談到水果或咖啡時會輕鬆地這樣說 and that is not the same as real medicine但那跟真正的藥不是一回事

It is a doctor's word, a little stiff, not a rude word — but you still would not shout it at the table. It is not about feeling calm, even though the old Latin idea was “loosening.”

It is a doctor's word, a little stiff這是個醫生用語，有點生硬 not a rude word不是個粗俗的字 but you still would not shout it at the table不過你還是不會在飯桌上大聲講出來 It is not about feeling calm它跟放鬆心情無關 even though the old Latin idea was "loosening."即使古老的拉丁字原意是「鬆開」