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干瘪老太婆,老母羊

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crone \Crone\ (kr?n), n. [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF.
   carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured
   woman.). See {Carrion}, and {Crony}.]
   1. An old ewe. [Obs.] --Tusser.

   2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt.

            But still the crone was constant to her note.
                                                  --Dryden.

   3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an
      old woman. [R.]

            The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . .
            which his master had given him.       --W. Irving.

            A few old battered crones of office.  --Beaconsfield.

资料来源 : WordNet®

crone
     n : an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: {hag}, {beldam}, {beldame},
          {witch}]