Rickets is a children's illness. The bones do not harden the way they should, so they stay soft and can bend. Legs may bow; the chest or spine can change shape too.

Rickets is a children's illnessrickets是一種兒童疾病 The bones do not harden the way they should骨頭沒辦法照該有的方式變硬 so they stay soft and can bend所以會一直軟軟的，還會彎曲 Legs may bow腿可能會變成弓形 the chest or spine can change shape too胸部或脊椎的形狀也可能跟著改變

The usual cause is too little vitamin D. Skin makes vitamin D from sunlight, and food such as oily fish gives some as well. If a child lives with little sun, or eats very poorly, rickets can appear.

The usual cause is too little vitamin D常見的原因是維他命D不夠 Skin makes vitamin D from sunlight皮膚會利用陽光製造維他命D and food such as oily fish gives some as well像油脂多的魚這類食物也能提供一些 If a child lives with little sun, or eats very poorly如果一個小孩很少曬到太陽，或是吃得很不好 rickets can appear就可能會得rickets

It was once common in dark, smoky cities. It is rarer now, but it has not gone away, and doctors still watch for it.

It was once common in dark, smoky cities這在陰暗、多煙的城市裡曾經很常見 It is rarer now現在比較少見了 but it has not gone away但並沒有完全消失 and doctors still watch for it醫生還是會留意這個病

Grown-ups can get a close cousin of this, where bones go soft too, but rickets is the name we use for children.

Grown-ups can get a close cousin of this大人也可能得到跟這很類似的病 where bones go soft too骨頭一樣會變軟 but rickets is the name we use for children但rickets這個名字是專門用在小孩身上的

You meet the word in health lessons and history more than in everyday chat. It is not a word for shaky furniture; that is rickety, which only looks similar.

You meet the word in health lessons and history你會在健康教育課和歷史課裡遇到這個字 more than in everyday chat而不是在日常聊天裡 It is not a word for shaky furniture這個字不是用來形容搖搖晃晃的家具 that is rickety, which only looks similar那個字是rickety，只是長得很像而已