cuckold

• vt. 與…的妻子通奸使其丈夫戴綠帽子
• n. 有不貞妻子的男人

詞源同cuckoo,布穀鳥。因布穀鳥喜歡把卵下在其它鳥巢裏而得名。

cuckold

cuckold: [13] Cuckold is a derivative of cuckoo, the cuckoo’s invasion of other birds’ nests perhaps being viewed as analogous to the stealing of a wife’s affections by another man. It is not an original English coinage, but was borrowed from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman *cucuald, a variant of Old French cucuault, which in turn was formed from cucu ‘cuckoo’ and the pejorative suffix -ault.
=> cuckoo

cuckold (n.)

mid-13c., kukewald, from Old French cucuault, from cocu (see cuckoo) + pejorative suffix -ault, of Germanic origin. So called from the female bird's alleged habit of changing mates, or her authentic habit of leaving eggs in another bird's nest.

In Modern French the identity is more obvious: Coucou for the bird and cocu for the betrayed husband. German Hahnrei (13c.), from Low German, is of obscure origin. The second element seems to be connected to words for "ardent," and suggests perhaps "sexually aggressive hen," with transferal to humans, but Kluge suggests rather a connection to words for "capon" and "castrated." Related: Cuckoldry.

cuckold (v.)

1580s, from cuckold (n.). Related: Cuckolded; cuckolding.

1. Arthur himself has been portrayed as a weak cuckold.

亞瑟王本人被描繪成一個被人戴綠帽子的軟弱之人。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Ah Fu laughed scornfully and said, " Who made me a cuckold?

阿福冷笑道: “ 王八是誰挑我做的?

來自漢英文學 - 圍城

3. 'stinking bitches, fetch that cuckold to play for us.

“ 臭貨, 喊龜子出來,跟老子拉琴,賞一千!

來自漢英文學 - 中國現代小說

4. " He'd be a cuckold, eating left - overs. "

“ 當王八的吃倆炒肉 ”!

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子

5. He is not aware that he has been made a cuckold.

他被帶了綠頭巾,還蒙在鼓裏呢!

來自互聯網