Turmeric is a bright yellow-orange powder used in cooking. It is made from the dried, ground root of a plant related to ginger — and in fact you can buy the fresh root too, which looks like a small orange ginger, though the powder is what most people mean.

Turmeric is a bright yellow-orange powder薑黃是一種鮮豔的黃橙色粉末，used in cooking用在烹飪上。It is made from the dried, ground root of a plant related to ginger它是由一種跟薑有親戚關係的植物根曬乾磨成的——and in fact you can buy the fresh root too其實你也買得到新鮮的根，which looks like a small orange ginger看起來就像一小塊橘色的薑，though the powder is what most people mean不過大部分人講的都是粉末。

It is one of the main things that makes curry yellow. The taste is warm, slightly bitter and earthy, not hot; people who expect it to burn their mouth are surprised. Cooks also use it just for the colour, in rice, pickles and mustard.

It is one of the main things that makes curry yellow它是讓咖哩變黃的主要原因之一。The taste is warm, slightly bitter and earthy味道溫暖、帶點苦味和土味，not hot不是辣的；people who expect it to burn their mouth are surprised以為它會辣到嘴巴的人常常會嚇一跳。Cooks also use it just for the colour廚師也會單純用它上色，in rice, pickles and mustard用在飯、醃菜和芥末醬裡。

In the last fifteen years or so it has become a health-food word in English too: you will see "turmeric latte" or "golden milk" on café menus, and people take turmeric tablets because of a substance in it called curcumin, which some studies link to reducing swelling in the body. Be a little careful with that — the health claims you read online are usually much bigger than what the research actually shows.

In the last fifteen years or so大概這十五年來，it has become a health-food word in English too它在英文裡也變成一個健康食品用詞：you will see "turmeric latte" or "golden milk" on café menus你會在咖啡廳菜單上看到 "turmeric latte" 或 "golden milk"（黃金奶），and people take turmeric tablets because of a substance in it called curcumin也有人吃薑黃錠，因為裡面有一種叫 curcumin（薑黃素）的成分，which some studies link to reducing swelling in the body有些研究認為它跟減少體內發炎腫脹有關。Be a little careful with that對這點要小心一點——the health claims you read online are usually much bigger than what the research actually shows網路上看到的健康功效講得通常比研究實際證明的還誇張很多。

It is an uncountable noun, so: some turmeric, a teaspoon of turmeric, not "a turmeric" or "two turmerics".

It is an uncountable noun它是不可數名詞，so: some turmeric, a teaspoon of turmeric所以會說 some turmeric、a teaspoon of turmeric，not "a turmeric" or "two turmerics".而不是 "a turmeric" 或 "two turmerics"。

The one practical thing every cook learns the hard way: it stains. It will turn your fingers, your cloth and your plastic containers yellow, and the marks do not wash out easily.

The one practical thing every cook learns the hard way每個煮過的人都會用慘痛經驗學到一件實用的事：it stains.它會染色。It will turn your fingers, your cloth and your plastic containers yellow它會把你的手指、衣服和塑膠容器都染黃，and the marks do not wash out easily而且痕跡不容易洗掉。