cuck·old

noun

/ˈkʌkəʊld/

(old use, disapproving)

a man whose wife has sex with another man妻子有外遇的人；戴绿帽子的人
Word Originlate Old English, from Old French cucuault, from cucu ‘cuckoo’ (from the cuckoo's habit of laying its egg in another bird's nest). The equivalent words in French and other languages applied to both the bird and the adulterer; cuckold has never been applied to the bird in English.

cuck·old

verb

/ˈkʌkəʊld/

(old use)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cuckold	/ˈkʌkəʊld/ /ˈkʌkəʊld/
he / she / it cuckolds	/ˈkʌkəʊldz/ /ˈkʌkəʊldz/
past simple cuckolded	/ˈkʌkəʊldɪd/ /ˈkʌkəʊldɪd/
past participle cuckolded	/ˈkʌkəʊldɪd/ /ˈkʌkəʊldɪd/
-ing form cuckolding	/ˈkʌkəʊldɪŋ/ /ˈkʌkəʊldɪŋ/

cuckold somebody (of a man) to make another man a cuckold by having sex with his wife给（另一男人）戴绿帽子；与（某人）的妻子通奸
cuckold somebody (of a woman) to make her husband a cuckold by having sex with another man使（丈夫）戴绿帽子；使（丈夫）当王八

Word Originlate Old English, from Old French cucuault, from cucu ‘cuckoo’ (from the cuckoo's habit of laying its egg in another bird's nest). The equivalent words in French and other languages applied to both the bird and the adulterer; cuckold has never been applied to the bird in English.