If something is purulent, it has pus in it, or it is making pus. A purulent wound looks wet and yellow-white, and it may smell.

If something is purulent如果某個東西purulent， it has pus in it裡面有膿， or it is making pus或是正在化膿。A purulent wound一個purulent的傷口 looks wet and yellow-white看起來濕濕的、黃白色， and it may smell而且可能會有味道。

Doctors also say purulent sputum or a purulent discharge for the thick stuff that comes out of the chest or a wound. This is a hospital adjective. At home, people just say “full of pus” or “it’s infected.” You put it before a noun: a purulent sore, purulent fluid.

Doctors also say醫生也會說 purulent sputum or a purulent dischargepurulent sputum(化膿性痰)或purulent discharge(化膿性分泌物)， for the thick stuff指那種濃稠的東西 that comes out of the chest or a wound從胸腔或傷口跑出來的。This is a hospital adjective這是醫院裡用的形容詞。At home在家裡， people just say full of pus or it's infected大家就直接說「都是膿」或「感染了」。You put it before a noun你會把它放在名詞前面：a purulent sore, purulent fluid像a purulent sore(化膿的瘡)、purulent fluid(膿液)。

Though actually, it sits on the page near “pure,” and students sometimes hear them as cousins. They are not. Pure is “clean, not mixed.” Purulent is almost the opposite picture: messy, infected, full of that yellow liquid.

Though actually不過其實， it sits on the page near pure它在字典頁面上跟pure這個字很靠近， and students sometimes hear them as cousins學生有時候會以為它們是親戚。They are not它們不是。Pure is clean, not mixedpure的意思是「乾淨、沒有混雜」。Purulent is almost the opposite picturepurulent幾乎是相反的畫面：messy, infected髒亂、感染， full of that yellow liquid充滿那種黃色的液體。

You will not hear this word in kind everyday talk about a small cut; it belongs to clinics, reports, and serious infection.

You will not hear this word你不會聽到這個字 in kind everyday talk about a small cut出現在講小傷口的日常閒聊裡；it belongs to clinics, reports它屬於診間、報告， and serious infection還有嚴重的感染。