Sawdust is the very small, powdery bits of wood that fall when a saw cuts. It is finer than chips or shavings — more like dust, which is why the second half of the word is dust.

Sawdust鋸屑 is the very small, powdery bits of wood是木頭裡非常細小、粉狀的碎屑 that fall when a saw cuts是鋸子鋸東西時掉下來的。 It is finer than chips or shavings它比木片或刨花都更細 — more like dust——比較像灰塵， which is why the second half of the word is dust這也是為什麼這個字後半是dust灰塵。

You smell it in a workshop; it sticks to clothes and gets in your hair. People sweep it up, use it to soak spills on a floor, put it in animal bedding, or (in older, cheaper packing) stuff it around breakable things.

You smell it in a workshop在工作坊裡聞得到它的味道； it sticks to clothes and gets in your hair它會黏在衣服上，也會跑進頭髮裡。 People sweep it up人們會把它掃起來， use it to soak spills on a floor用來吸地上灑出來的液體， put it in animal bedding拿來鋪動物的窩， or (in older, cheaper packing) stuff it around breakable things或者（在比較舊、比較便宜的包裝裡）塞在易碎物品周圍。

The word itself is ordinary and mostly stays literal. Though actually, when someone says food “tastes like sawdust,” they do not mean there is wood in it; they mean it is dry, dull, and no pleasure to chew.

The word itself這個字本身 is ordinary and mostly stays literal很平常，大多時候就是字面上的意思。 Though actually不過其實， when someone says food "tastes like sawdust,"當有人說食物「嚐起來像sawdust」， they do not mean there is wood in it並不是說裡面真的有木頭， they mean it is dry, dull, and no pleasure to chew而是說它又乾又無味，嚼起來一點也不好吃。