Scurvy is the illness you get when your body has had almost no vitamin C for a long time. Fruit, fresh greens, and some other plant foods carry that vitamin; dried meat and biscuits do not.

Scurvy is the illnessscurvy（壞血病）是一種疾病 you get你會得到 when your body has had almost no vitamin C for a long time當身體長期幾乎沒有攝取維他命C的時候 Fruit, fresh greens, and some other plant foods carry that vitamin水果、新鮮蔬菜，還有一些植物性食物裡有這種維他命 dried meat and biscuits do not但乾肉和餅乾裡沒有

After weeks of going without, gums bleed, teeth loosen, old cuts open, you bruise from almost nothing, and you grow very weak.

After weeks of going without缺乏了好幾個星期之後 gums bleed牙齦會流血 teeth loosen牙齒會鬆動 old cuts open舊的傷口會裂開 you bruise from almost nothing幾乎不用碰就會瘀青 and you grow very weak人也會變得非常虛弱

For centuries it was the sailors’ disease: a ship could be at sea for months with no oranges, lemons, or fresh leaves, and the crew would fall apart. People later learned that a little citrus fruit — or even pickled cabbage — was enough to stop it, though actually they did not yet have the name “vitamin C”; they only knew that certain foods saved you.

For centuries it was the sailors' disease好幾個世紀以來，這是水手們的疾病 a ship could be at sea for months with no oranges, lemons, or fresh leaves一艘船可能出海好幾個月，完全沒有柳橙、檸檬，或新鮮的葉菜 and the crew would fall apart船員的身體就會一個個垮掉 People later learned that後來人們發現 a little citrus fruit — or even pickled cabbage — was enough to stop it只要一點柑橘類水果，甚至醃過的高麗菜，就足以阻止這個病 though actually they did not yet have the name “vitamin C”不過其實當時他們還沒有「維他命C」這個名稱 they only knew that certain foods saved you只知道某些食物能救命

Today scurvy is uncommon where shops sell fruit all year, but it can still appear if someone eats almost no fresh food for a long stretch.

Today scurvy is uncommon現在scurvy已經很少見 where shops sell fruit all year在商店整年都有水果賣的地方 but it can still appear但還是可能出現 if someone eats almost no fresh food for a long stretch如果一個人長期幾乎不吃新鮮食物

In older or jokey English the same word is also an adjective meaning mean or low — a scurvy trick — because the disease made the skin look rough and scabby, and that ugly look was borrowed for ugly behaviour.

In older or jokey English在比較老派或帶點玩笑意味的英文裡 the same word is also an adjective meaning mean or low這個字也可以當形容詞，意思是卑鄙、低劣 a scurvy trick像a scurvy trick（卑鄙的把戲） because the disease made the skin look rough and scabby因為這個病會讓皮膚變得粗糙、結痂 and that ugly look was borrowed for ugly behaviour這種難看的樣子就被借用來形容難看的行為