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.

 ◄ ►


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