Pollen is the very fine powder that flowers make. Wind or insects carry it to another flower of the same kind, and that is how the plant can make seeds.

Pollen is花粉是 the very fine powder非常細的粉末， that flowers make是花朵製造出來的。 Wind or insects風或昆蟲 carry it to another flower of the same kind會把它帶到同一種類的另一朵花上， and that is how the plant can make seeds而這就是植物能結種子的方法。

You cannot see one grain with your eye; a cloud of it looks like dust, often yellow.

You cannot see one grain with your eye你沒辦法用肉眼看到一粒花粉； a cloud of it一團花粉 looks like dust看起來像灰塵， often yellow通常是黃色的。

People with hay fever feel it in spring. Bees pack it on their legs.

People with hay fever有花粉症的人 feel it in spring在春天會感受到它。 Bees蜜蜂 pack it on their legs會把它塞在腿上。

A scientist in the 1700s, Linnaeus, took the old Latin word pollen, which meant fine flour, and used it for this flower-dust — so the 'flour' picture is still sitting inside the name.

A scientist in the 1700s, Linnaeus十八世紀有位科學家林奈， took the old Latin word pollen拿了古拉丁文的pollen這個字—— which meant fine flour原本的意思是細麵粉—— and used it for this flower-dust拿來稱呼這種花的粉塵， so the 'flour' picture is still sitting inside the name所以『麵粉』的畫面至今仍然藏在這個名字裡。

It is usually uncountable: some pollen, a lot of pollen, not 'many pollens' in everyday talk. There is a rare verb to pollen, but almost everyone says pollinate for the action.

It is usually uncountable它通常是不可數名詞： some pollen, a lot of pollen說some pollen、a lot of pollen， not 'many pollens' in everyday talk日常說法不會說『many pollens』。 There is a rare verb to pollen也有一個很少見的動詞to pollen， but almost everyone says pollinate for the action但幾乎每個人講這個動作時都說pollinate。