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单词 crone
释义
  • English

cronenoun [ C ]

uk/krəʊn/us/kroʊn/

an unpleasant or ugly old woman

in stories, an old woman with magic powers

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Unpleasant women

  • bag
  • battleaxe
  • bitch
  • cow
  • dog
  • dragon
  • fishwife
  • hag
  • harpy
  • harridan
  • misandry
  • she-devil
  • shrew
  • termagant
  • trout
  • virago
  • vixen
  • witch

Examples from literature

  • A withered old crone sat at one of the doors, sunning herself. 
  • Gold and silver, and each thing more precious than another, in the crone's castle. 
  • Her feet were bare, and altogether she was a most repulsive old crone. 
  • The old crone puffed up again at this unexpected flare, and went out of the room, plopping her feet on floor and mumbling. 
  • The two old crones sat with the body all night and all the next day. 
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