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crone

/krohn/US // kroʊn //UK // (krəʊn) //

老妪,妪,妪妪,老太婆

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a withered, witchlike old woman.

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Examples

  • An “articulate and very clever man,” Watson said, “Crone was a loyal servant to Rupert Murdoch for many years.”

  • Back in 2009, Crone told Parliament that the phone-hacking allegations concerned only one rogue reporter and a private detective.

  • When hundreds more victims came to light last year, Crone was recalled to Parliament.

  • The Seven represents a single deity with seven aspects: Father, Mother, Warrior, Maiden, Smith, Crone, and Stranger.

  • “Neither Mr. Myler nor Mr. Crone told me that wrongdoing extended beyond Mr. Goodman or Mr. Mulcaire,” it said.

  • A hideous old crone covered with rags knelt beside the Duchesss, who on leaving the church offered her holy water.

  • You have learnt to sit behind the stove like an old crone, and to dangle at the apronstrings of the women.

  • Then the crone smote her lean hands one within the other, and laughed like a sea-gull.

  • The sexton approached the old crone, and laid his hand with violence upon her shoulder.

  • As her eyes got accustomed to the dim light, she saw the figures of two women, a boy, and an old crone sitting by a wood fire.