| 釋義 |
rheumatica.
1. cold and wet,(blunder for) splenetic,choleric,hotand dry風濕的，（誤用為）脾氣壞的，性情暴躁的，干熱的。
△2H.IV.2.4.61 (56):“You are both,i’(= in) goodtruth,as rheumatic as two dry toasts，” i.e. They can-not meet but they grate one another. 你們兩個呀，說實在話，脾氣都躁得像兩片干面包。
rheumatic diseases; disorders characterized by a flowof watery “rheum”風濕病。
△Mid.2.1.105: “Thatrheumatic diseases do abound.”因此風濕病到處流行。
2.(blunder for) lunatic,i.e.delirious患風濕病的，（誤用為）精神錯亂的，（指）說胡話的。
△H.V.2.3.40 (38): “butthen he was rheumatic,and talked of the whore ofBabylon.”不過那時候他正犯風濕癥(應為：精神病)，談的是巴比倫的娼妓。
Rhodope of Memphis: renowned Greek courtesan sup-posed to have married the king of Memphis in Egypt,who built one of the most beautiful of the pyramid forher羅多璧，古希臘名妓，據(jù)說曾嫁給埃及的孟斐斯國王，該國王為她建造一座金字塔。
△1H.VI.1.6. 21:“A statelier pyr-amid to her I’ll rear / Than Rhodope’s of Memphis ev- |