couvade
couvade
[kuːˈvɑːd]
noun
[kuːˈvɑːd]
noun
- [mass noun]the custom in some cultures in which a man takes to his bed and goes through certain rituals when his child is being born, as though he were physically affected by the birth
拟娩（某些地方的文化风俗： 丈夫在妻子分娩时躺在床上并经受一些仪式，仿佛孩子的出生给他也带来了身体上的痛楚）
- mid 19th cent.: French, from couver 'to hatch', from Latin cubare 'lie down'. The adoption of the term in French was due to a misunderstanding of the phrase faire la couvade 'sit doing nothing', used by earlier writers
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