condom

noun

/ˈkɒndɒm/

/ˈkɑːndəm/

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(British English also sheath)
(also North American English, formal or specialist prophylactic)
a thin rubber tube that a man wears over his penis during sex to stop a woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against disease
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- used
… of condoms
- box
- pack
- packet
- …
verb + condom
- put on
- use
- wear
- …
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female condom
a thin rubber device that a woman wears inside her vagina during sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant

Word Originearly 18th cent.: of unknown origin; often said to be named after a physician who invented it, but no such person has been traced.

单词	condom
释义	condom noun /ˈkɒndɒm/ /ˈkɑːndəm/ jump to other results (British English also sheath) (also North American English, formal or specialist prophylactic) a thin rubber tube that a man wears over his penis during sex to stop a woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against disease Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective used … of condoms box pack packet … verb + condom put on use wear … See full entry female condom a thin rubber device that a woman wears inside her vagina during sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant Word Originearly 18th cent.: of unknown origin; often said to be named after a physician who invented it, but no such person has been traced.
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