原文
Trotting along behind her, close to her heels, was quite the most
forlorn specimen of the cat tribe she had ever beheld. The animal was
well past kitten-hood, lank, thin, disreputable looking. Pieces of both
ears were lacking, one eye was temporarily out of repair, and one jowl
ludicrously swollen. As for color, if a once black cat had been well and
thoroughly singed the result would have resembled the hue of this waif's
thin, draggled, unsightly fur.
語彙など
- trot:足早に歩く
- heel:かかと
- forlorn:みすぼらしい
- specimen:見本
- behold:じっくり見る
- kitten:子猫
- lank:やせた
- disreputable appearance:みっともない姿
- temporarily:当面は
- out of repair:破損している
- jowl:顎
- ludicrously:ばかげたほど
- swollen:腫れあがった
- as for:〜については
- singe:〜を毛焼きする
- hue:色合い
- waif:宿なしの動物
- draggly:薄汚い
- unsightly:醜い
- fur:被毛,柔毛