A Popsicle is sweet juice or flavoured ice frozen around a stick, which you hold and eat as it melts.

A Popsicle冰棒 is sweet juice or flavoured ice frozen around a stick是把有甜味的果汁或調味冰凍在一根棍子上做成的, which you hold and eat as it melts你拿著它，邊融化邊吃.

The name is a US brand that many Americans now use for any ice on a stick, the way some people say Kleenex for a tissue. In Britain the everyday word is ice lolly, not Popsicle.

The name這個名字 is a US brand是美國的一個品牌名 that many Americans now use for any ice on a stick現在很多美國人拿來泛指任何一種冰棒, the way some people say Kleenex for a tissue就像有些人把面紙叫做Kleenex一樣. In Britain在英國 the everyday word is ice lolly日常說法是ice lolly, not Popsicle而不是Popsicle.

Writing it with a capital P is the careful, brand-true way; you will also see popsicle in small letters because the word has slipped into ordinary American English.

Writing it with a capital P寫成大寫的P is the careful, brand-true way才是嚴謹、忠於品牌的寫法; you will also see popsicle in small letters你也會看到小寫的popsicle, because the word has slipped into ordinary American English因為這個字已經融入日常美式英語裡了.

Though actually, the name was not from the drink called pop. The inventor was Frank Epperson; the first name, Epsicle, mixed his name with icicle, and his children turned it into Pop’s ’sicle — father’s ice-on-a-stick.

Though actually不過其實, the name was not from the drink called pop這個名字並不是來自那種叫pop的飲料. The inventor was Frank Epperson發明者是Frank Epperson; the first name, Epsicle, mixed his name with icicle最初的名字Epsicle把他的名字和icicle（冰柱）合在一起, and his children turned it into Pop's 'sicle — father's ice-on-a-stick後來他的孩子把它改成Pop's 'sicle，意思是『爸爸的冰棒』.

In Taiwan you ask for 冰棒.

In Taiwan在台灣 you ask for 冰棒你會直接說要買冰棒.