crone /ˈkron/
乾癟老太婆,老母羊
crone n.
1. An old ewe. [Obs.]
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.
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crone
n : an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame,
witch]