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单词 adultery
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•dul•ter•y /əˈdʌltəri/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ies. 
  1. (an act of) voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse: [uncountable]Adultery in ancient times was often severely punished.[countable]committed many adulteries.
a•dul•ter•er, n. [countable]
a•dul•ter•ess, n. [countable]An adulteress is a woman who commits adultery.
a•dul•ter•ous, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•dul•ter•y  (ə dultə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ter•ies. 
  1. voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.
  • Latin, with ad- ad- replacing a a-5
  • Old French avoutrie
  • Latin adulterium, equivalent. to adulter (see adulterer) + -ium -ium; replacing Middle English a(d)vouterie
  • Middle English adulterie 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
adultery /əˈdʌltərɪ/ n ( pl -teries)
  1. voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man or woman and a partner other than the legal spouse
Etymology: 15th Century: adulterie, altered (as if directly from Latin adulterium) from C14 avoutrie, via Old French from Latin adulterium, from adulter, back formation from adulterāre. See adulterate
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