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hag

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hag /hæɡ/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  WOMANan ugly or unpleasant woman, especially one who is old or looks like a witch 丑老太婆,母夜叉
Examples from the Corpus
hagShe was like a witch, a hag, all youthful beauty banished below the lines and hatred in her face.What can this decrepit hag tell him?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.Such hags were ugly, with massive twisted features and great strength.Impotent old devils and dried-up hags always deride the efforts of the young.
Origin hag (1300-1400) Perhaps from Old English hægtesse witch
hag nounChinese
or an especially woman, ugly unpleasant one Corpus


hag
hag /hæɡ/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Perhaps from Old English hægtesse 'witch'
an ugly or unpleasant woman, especially one who is old or looks like a witch


hagBrE /hæɡ/ 🔊NAmE /hæɡ/ 🔊 noun (offensive) an ugly and/or unpleasant old woman 丑陋(或讨厌)的老女人   see also fag hag