Pubes is a short, informal word for the hair that grows around the sexual organs after puberty — the same hair a doctor would call pubic hair. People say it at home, with friends, in jokes, and in very plain talk about the body.

Pubes is a short, informal word for the hair that grows around the sexual organs after pubertypubes是一個簡短、不正式的字，指的是青春期後長在性器官周圍的毛 the same hair a doctor would call pubic hair也就是醫生會稱作pubic hair的那種毛 People say it at home, with friends, in jokes, and in very plain talk about the body大家會在家裡、跟朋友聊天、開玩笑、或很直白地講到身體時用這個字

It sounds blunt. In a clinic or a school book you will more often hear pubic hair, which is the same thing said more carefully.

It sounds blunt這個字聽起來很直接、不修飾 In a clinic or a school book you will more often hear pubic hair在診所或學校的書裡，你比較常聽到pubic hair which is the same thing said more carefully這是同一件事，只是講得比較謹慎

Though actually, the word looks like a plural, and people do treat it that way, but it also works as a mass: you can say “my pubes” the way you say “my hair.” It can also mean the small area of the body where that hair grows, not only the hair itself.

Though actually, the word looks like a plural, and people do treat it that way不過這個字看起來像複數，大家也真的把它當複數用 but it also works as a mass: you can say "my pubes" the way you say "my hair."但它也可以當不可數名詞用，你可以說「my pubes」，就像說「my hair」一樣 It can also mean the small area of the body where that hair grows, not only the hair itself它也可以指長毛的那一小塊身體部位，不只是指毛本身

It is private talk, not a swear word, and you would not use it in a polite speech. It has nothing to do with a pub, the drinking place — they only look a little alike on the page.

It is private talk, not a swear word這是私下講的話，不是髒話 and you would not use it in a polite speech你不會在正式場合的演講裡用它 It has nothing to do with a pub, the drinking place它跟pub（酒吧）一點關係都沒有 they only look a little alike on the page只是寫出來的樣子有一點像而已