| 单词 | cuckold |
| 释义 | cuckold (once / 7061 pages) nv A cuckold is a man who has been betrayed by his wife. If your wife cuckolds you, she is cheating on you with a different man. This is an old-fashioned word you can find in many Shakespeare plays, though cuckolding is certainly older than Shakespeare and will always exist as long as there are marriages. A man can't cuckold a woman: only a wife can cuckold her husband. By sleeping with another man, she makes her husband a cuckold. WORD FAMILYcuckold: cuckolded, cuckolding, cuckoldom, cuckolds+/cuckoldom: cuckoldoms USAGE EXAMPLESIt is derived from cuckold and signifies the target is in some way weak. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) It's a portmanteau of "conservative" and "cuckold" used to describe Republicans who are perceived to be emasculated or "selling out." Los Angeles Times(Nov 15, 2016) The doomed cuckold, our narrator’s father, is a poet, who isn’t around much and seems to have forgotten his heir. Seattle Times(Oct 09, 2016) 1n a man whose wife committed adultery Hypo|Hyper wittol an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it hubby, husband, married man a married man; a woman's partner in marriage 2v be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage Syn|Hypo|Hyper betray, cheat, cheat on, wander two-time carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time fool around, play aroundcommit adultery cozen, deceive, delude, lead on be false to; be dishonest with |
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