An inhalant is something you take in as a gas, spray, or vapour — you breathe it; you do not swallow a pill. In a clinic it is often a medicine: a mist for a cold, for asthma, or a gas that helps you sleep for an operation (an inhalant anaesthetic). The word also works as an adjective: an inhalant drug is one you breathe in.

An inhalantinhalant is something you take in as a gas, spray, or vapour是你以氣體、噴劑或蒸氣的形式吸進去的東西——you breathe it你是用呼吸吸入它，you do not swallow a pill不是吞藥丸。In a clinic在診所裡 it is often a medicine它通常是一種藥：a mist for a cold, for asthma治感冒或氣喘用的噴霧，or a gas that helps you sleep for an operation或手術前幫你入睡的氣體，(an inhalant anaesthetic)（an inhalant anaesthetic吸入性麻醉劑）。The word also works as an adjective這個字也可以當形容詞用：an inhalant drug is one you breathe inan inhalant drug就是用吸的藥。

Though actually, in news and school health class, inhalants often means household chemicals — glue, paint thinner, spray cans — that some people breathe in to get high. That use is a warning, not a pharmacy word. In casual talk people more often name the device (the inhaler) or just say “the spray.” Inhalant itself sounds medical or official.

Though actually不過其實，in news and school health class在新聞和學校健康課裡，inhalants often means household chemicalsinhalants常常是指家用化學品——glue, paint thinner, spray cans膠水、油漆稀釋劑、噴罐，that some people breathe in to get high有些人會拿來吸食讓自己茫。That use is a warning這種用法是一種警告，not a pharmacy word不是藥局裡的用語。In casual talk在日常對話裡，people more often name the device (the inhaler)大家更常直接講器材的名字（the inhaler），or just say “the spray.”或直接說『the spray』；Inhalant itself sounds medical or officialInhalant本身聽起來比較醫學、比較正式。