基本释义
n. 女巫；丑老太婆
n. (Hag)人名；(阿拉伯)哈吉；(瑞典)哈格；(法)阿格；(匈)豪格
星级词汇
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助记提示
1. 谐音“海鬼、海怪”。
2. 谐音“还格”—-“还珠格格”的简称——-因此表示是女性。
英文词源
hag 老巫婆，丑老太婆
词源不详，原义为女巫，可能来自古英语haga,树篱，篱笆，围栏，词源同haw,hedge.因传说中女巫骑着树篱飞来飞去而得名，后引申词义丑老太婆。
常见短语
- old hag: 老巫婆
- ugly hag: 丑陋的老妇
- wicked hag: 邪恶的老妇
- cackling hag: 嘲笑的老妇
- haggard hag: 憔悴的老妇
- crone hag: 厌恶的老妇
- evil hag: 邪恶的老妇
- witchlike hag: 像巫婆一样的老妇
- bitter hag: 悲伤的老妇
- withered hag: 枯萎的老妇
- scheming hag: 图谋的老妇
- hag with a broom: 手持扫帚的老妇
- cruel hag: 残酷的老妇
- wizened hag: 枯瘦的老妇
- toothless hag: 无牙的老妇
- hag in rags: 破衣烂衫的老妇
- hag-like laughter: 像老妇一样的笑声
- hag with a hook nose: 长着钩鼻的老妇
- hag with a black cat: 身边有黑猫的老妇
- hag of the woods: 森林中的老妇
- hag with a cauldron: 携带大锅的老妇
- hag with a staff: 手持长杖的老妇
- wrinkled hag: 皱纹满面的老妇
- malicious hag: 恶毒的老妇
- hag with long gray hair: 长着灰色长发的老妇
- hag with piercing eyes: 有着锐利眼神的老妇
- hag of the moor: 沼泽地的老妇
- hag with twisted fingers: 扭曲的手指的老妇
- hideous hag: 可怕的老妇
- hag riding a broomstick: 骑着扫帚的老妇
深度学习
hag (rhymes with bag) This word is actually an abbreviation of haegtesse, an Old English word that means “witch” or “hag.” The noun is reserved solely for women and, although it once meant “soothsayer” or “oracle,” it has since retained only the negative meaning of “witch” or “frightful, ugly old woman.”
In many fairy tales, a nobleman’s reward for helping an old hag is to see her transformed into a beautiful, young maiden, ready to offer her hand in marriage.
With a cackle, the hag mounted her broomstick, donned her pointed, black hat, scratched her wart-covered nose, and flew off into the night sky.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
hag（与bag押韵）这个词实际上是haegtese的缩写，是一个古英语单词，意思是“女巫”或“hag”。这个名词只为女性保留，尽管它曾经意味着“预言者”或“预言家”，但从那时起，它只保留了“女巫”或者“可怕、丑陋的老女人”的否定含义
在许多童话故事中，一位贵族帮助一位老巫婆的回报是看到她变成了一位美丽的年轻姑娘，准备向她求婚。
随着咯咯的一声，女巫骑上扫帚，戴上尖尖的黑色帽子，挠了挠长满疣的鼻子，飞向夜空。
