Mange is a skin disease of animals. Tiny mites live on the skin; the animal itches badly, scratches, and loses fur or hair in patches. Dogs, cats, foxes, and farm animals can get it. A vet can treat it, but it looks sad and can spread to other animals.

Mange疥癬 is是 a skin disease of animals一種動物的皮膚病。Tiny mites微小的蟎蟲 live on the skin住在皮膚上; the animal itches badly動物會癢得受不了, scratches不斷抓, and loses fur or hair in patches然後一塊一塊掉毛。Dogs狗、cats貓、foxes狐狸, and farm animals還有農場動物 can get it都可能得這種病。A vet獸醫 can treat it可以治療, but it looks sad但看起來很可憐, and can spread to other animals而且會傳染給其他動物。

People do not usually say a person has mange. For humans, a related mite problem is called scabies.

People一般人 do not usually say a person has mange不會說一個人得了mange。For humans如果是人, a related mite problem類似的蟎蟲問題 is called scabies叫做scabies（疥瘡）。

The everyday adjective is mangy: a mangy dog looks rough, with thin fur. Speakers sometimes stretch mangy to mean “old, dirty, and in poor shape” about a sofa or a coat. That use is unkind.

The everyday adjective日常用的形容詞 is mangy是mangy: a mangy dog一隻mangy的狗 looks rough看起來很邋遢, with thin fur毛稀稀疏疏的。Speakers有人 sometimes stretch mangy有時會把mangy延伸著用 to mean "old, dirty, and in poor shape"表示「老舊、髒、破破爛爛」 about a sofa or a coat像在說沙發或外套。That use這種用法 is unkind帶點刻薄。

The noun mange itself stays mostly in the animal sense.

The noun mange itself名詞mange本身 stays mostly in the animal sense大多還是指動物的病。