| 单词 | hag |
| 释义 | hag (once / 2094 pages) n A hag is a witch, or a witch-like old woman. Many fairy tales include a hag as a frightening character. While the wide folklore and fairy tale tradition includes some hags with positive, benevolent qualities, you'll more often read about mean and ugly hags with evil intentions. The witch in "Hansel and Gretel" who tempts the children with her house made out of candy is one example of a famous literary hag. Mick Jagger of "The Rolling Stones" sang about another hag: "I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag." We doubt that, Mick. WORD FAMILYhag: hags USAGE EXAMPLES‘Why have you pinned your little heart to an old, ugly hag like me?” Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) While the drawings were certainly more congenial than calling Lennon a fur hag, the star was restored to pristine condition immediately. Los Angeles Times(Oct 26, 2016) Hag said many of the trainees died when the gunmen detonated explosive vests. Washington Post(Oct 24, 2016) 1n an ugly evil-looking old woman Syn|Hyper beldam, beldame, crone, witch old woman a woman who is old 2n eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies Syn|Hypo|Hyper hagfish, slime eels Myxine glutinosa typical hagfish eptatretusa fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus Myxinikela sirokafossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms |
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