Mucus is a thick, slippery liquid that the body makes to keep wet places wet and to catch dirt and germs. You know it best from your nose — that sticky stuff when you have a cold — but the same kind of liquid is made in the mouth, the throat, the lungs, and the gut.

Mucus黏液 is a thick, slippery liquid是身體製造出來的一種濃稠、滑滑的液體 that the body makes to keep wet places wet and to catch dirt and germs用來讓濕潤的地方保持濕潤,並黏住髒東西和細菌. You know it best from your nose你最熟悉的是鼻子裡的那種 — that sticky stuff when you have a cold感冒時黏黏的那個東西 — but the same kind of liquid is made in the mouth, the throat, the lungs, and the gut但同一種液體也會在嘴巴、喉嚨、肺,和腸胃裡產生

Doctors and medicine labels say mucus in a calm, medical way. Everyday English is ruder about the nose: people say snot, which sounds childish or a bit gross. Mucus itself is not a rude word.

Doctors and medicine labels say mucus醫生和藥品標籤會用mucus這個 in a calm, medical way冷靜、醫學的方式來說. Everyday English is ruder about the nose日常英文講到鼻子就比較粗魯: people say snot人們會說snot, which sounds childish or a bit gross聽起來很幼稚或有點噁心. Mucus itselfmucus本身 is not a rude word不是一個粗魯的字

The body is supposed to make it; we only complain when there is too much, as with a cold or allergies. Though actually, the mucus in your nose and the thicker stuff you cough up from the chest are not talked about the same way — the chest stuff is often called phlegm.

The body is supposed to make it身體本來就應該製造它; we only complain when there is too much我們只有在太多的時候才會抱怨, as with a cold or allergies像感冒或過敏的時候. Though actually不過, the mucus in your nose鼻子裡的mucus, and the thicker stuff you cough up from the chest跟從胸腔咳出來比較濃稠的東西, are not talked about the same way講法不太一樣 — the chest stuff is often called phlegm胸腔的那種常常被叫做phlegm(痰)