| 单词 | couvade |
| 释义 | couvade (once / 102777 pages) n WORD FAMILY couvade: couvades USAGE EXAMPLESSympathy for the Devil You’ve heard of Couvade syndrome, or sympathetic pregnancy? Wall Street Journal(Sep 13, 2016) Though other explanations of the couvade have been given, the most plausible theory represents it as a recognition of paternity by the father. Lang, Andrew, Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (...(2011) The practice of couvade is said to exist among the Nicobarese, but we heard nothing of it during our visit. Kloss, C. Boden, In the Andamans and Nicobars—The Na...(2011) n a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child Hyper custom, usage, usance accepted or habitual practice |
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