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单词 hag
释义
haghag /hæɡ/ noun [countable] old-fashioned Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhag
Origin:
1300-1400 Perhaps from Old English hægtesse ‘witch’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Except if your coming may release me from the necessity ever to speak to that old hag again!
  • I had to heave the old hag out of the house when I got married.
  • Impotent old devils and dried-up hags always deride the efforts of the young.
  • She was like a witch, a hag, all youthful beauty banished below the lines and hatred in her face.
  • Such hags were ugly, with massive twisted features and great strength.
  • What can this decrepit hag tell him?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Except if your coming may release me from the necessity ever to speak to that old hag again!· I had to heave the old hag out of the house when I got married.· It's seeing me look like an old hag first thing in the morning and not minding!· I remember well what one of these old hags told us.
an ugly or unpleasant woman, especially one who is old or looks like a witch
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