Lymph is a clear, pale liquid that moves around inside you in its own thin tubes, not in the same pipes as blood. It picks up leftover fluid from between your cells, and it carries white blood cells that help you fight germs.

Lymph lymph is a clear, pale liquid是一種清澈、淡色的液體 that moves around inside you在你體內流動 in its own thin tubes走它自己的細管子 not in the same pipes as blood而不是跟血液走同樣的管道 It它 picks up leftover fluid from between your cells會收集你細胞之間多餘的液體 and而且 it它 carries white blood cells帶著白血球 that help you fight germs幫你對抗細菌

Small lumps called lymph nodes filter it — the ones that swell in your neck when you have a cold. You do not see lymph the way you see blood from a cut; it is a body-science word, used when people talk about infection, swelling, and some cancers.

Small lumps小小的腫塊 called lymph nodes叫做lymph nodes filter it會過濾它 the ones就是那些 that swell in your neck感冒時 when you have a cold在脖子上會腫起來的東西 You你 do not see lymph the way you see blood from a cut不會像看到傷口流血那樣看到lymph it它 is a body-science word是一個身體科學用語 used when people talk about infection, swelling, and some cancers用在談感染、腫脹和某些癌症的時候

Though actually, the name is cousin to an old word for clear spring water, which is why it sits beside nymph, the water spirit — same far-back root, very different meaning now.

Though actually不過其實 the name這個字 is cousin to an old word for clear spring water跟一個指清澈泉水的古字是親戚 which is why這也是為什麼 it它 sits beside nymph會跟nymph站在一起 the water spirit也就是水精靈 same far-back root同一個很久以前的字根 very different meaning now現在的意思卻很不一樣