A poncho is not a coat with sleeves. It is one large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for your head, so it hangs over your shoulders and your arms stay free underneath.

A poncho is not a coat with sleevesPoncho不是有袖子的外套。It is one large piece of cloth它是一整塊大布 with a hole in the middle for your head中間開一個洞讓頭穿過去，so it hangs over your shoulders所以它會垂掛在你的肩膀上 and your arms stay free underneath手臂在下面可以自由活動。

The word came into English from Spanish, and Spanish took it from Quechua, a language of the Andes.

The word came into English from Spanish這個字是從西班牙文進入英文的，and Spanish took it from Quechua而西班牙文則是從蓋丘亞語借來的, a language of the Andes（安地斯山區的一種語言）。

Though actually, in rainy places people also use a thin plastic or rubber poncho as cheap rainwear — same shape, not the thick woven kind. That rain poncho was already in use by the 1840s, and it became common in the US and Britain from the 1850s, especially after the Second World War.

Though actually不過其實，in rainy places people also use a thin plastic or rubber poncho as cheap rainwear在多雨的地方，人們也會用薄的塑膠或橡膠poncho當便宜的雨衣——same shape, not the thick woven kind形狀一樣，不是那種厚的織布款。That rain poncho was already in use by the 1840s這種雨用poncho在1840年代就已經在用了，and it became common in the US and Britain from the 1850s並在1850年代後在美國和英國變得普遍，especially after the Second World War尤其是二次大戰後。

You pull it on over your head; you do not button it.

You pull it on over your head你是把它從頭上套進去穿的；you do not button it不需要扣扣子。