putrid, transmogrified, terraqueous

史景遷『利瑪竇的記憶之宮』THE MEMORY PALACE OF MATTEO RICCI 引

But we must have already emerged and gone seven hundred or eight hundred leagues; and if I had here an astrolabe to take the altitude of the pole, I could tell thee how many we have travelled, though either I know little, or we have already crossed or shall shortly cross the equinoctial line which parts the two opposite poles midway."

"And when we come to that line your worship speaks of," said Sancho, "howfar shall we have gone?"

"Very far," said Don Quixote, "for of the three hundred and sixty degrees that this terraqueous globe contains, as computed by Ptolemy, the greatest cosmographer known, we shall have travelled one-half when wecome to the line I spoke of."

"By God," said Sancho, "your worship gives me a nice authority for what you say, putrid Dolly something transmogrified, or whatever it is."

Definition

ter·ra·que·ous (tĕr-ā'kwē-əs, -ăk'wē-)
adj.

Composed of land and water.

[Latin terra, earth + AQUEOUS.]

trans·mog·ri·fy (trăns-mŏg'rə-fī', trănz-)
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

To change into a different shape or form, especially one that is fantastic or bizarre. See synonyms at convert.

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putrid (DECAYED) Show phonetics
adjective
decayed and having an unpleasant smell:
the putrid body of a dead fox
What's that putrid smell?

putrid (UNPLEASANT) Hide phonetics
adjective INFORMAL
very unpleasant or unattractive:
a dress in a putrid shade of yellow

pu·trid (pyū'trĭd)
adj.

1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten.
2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction.
3. Morally rotten; corrupt: “and all the while scarlet thoughts, putrid fantasies, and no love” (Louis Auchincloss).
4. Extremely objectionable; vile.

[Middle English putred, from Old French putride, from Latin putridus, from putrēre, to be rotten, from puter, putr-, rotten.]

a. (形容詞 adjective)

1. 腐敗的;放出惡臭的
2. 腐化墮落的
3. 【口】討人厭的;糟糕的