Linoleum is a floor covering sold in sheets or tiles. The real, older kind was made from flax oil mixed with ground cork and other stuff, pressed onto a cloth backing — strong, a bit shiny, easy to wipe.

Linoleum linoleum is a floor covering是一種地板材料 sold in sheets or tiles.以整片或磁磚狀販售。 The real, older kind真正、比較舊式的那種 was made from flax oil mixed with ground cork and other stuff,是用亞麻仁油混合磨碎的軟木和其他材料做成, pressed onto a cloth backing壓在布底上 — strong, a bit shiny, easy to wipe.堅固、有點亮面、容易擦拭。

An English maker, Frederick Walton, coined the name around 1864 as a trade name; it was never registered as a trademark, and the courts later treated it as an ordinary word — one of the first product names to go that way.

An English maker, Frederick Walton,一位英國製造商Frederick Walton coined the name around 1864 as a trade name;大約在1864年把這個名字創出來當商標; it was never registered as a trademark,但它從未被登記成商標, and the courts later treated it as an ordinary word後來法院把它當成一般用字看待 — one of the first product names to go that way.是最早這樣「變成普通名詞」的產品名之一。

Though actually, in shops now linoleum and vinyl get mixed: vinyl is plastic; true linoleum is the flax-oil kind, and some people still prefer it because it lasts and is not pure plastic. The word feels a little old in daily speech, but it is still the right name in shops and building talk.

Though actually,不過其實， in shops now在現在的店裡 linoleum and vinyl get mixed:linoleum跟vinyl常常被混在一起講: vinyl is plastic;vinyl是塑膠; true linoleum is the flax-oil kind,真正的linoleum是亞麻油那種, and some people still prefer it because it lasts and is not pure plastic.有些人還是比較喜歡它，因為耐用而且不是純塑膠。 The word feels a little old in daily speech,這個字在日常口語裡聽起來有點老派, but it is still the right name in shops and building talk.但在店裡跟建材相關的說法裡，它還是正確的名稱。