cou·vade /kuˈvɑd/
擬娩
cou·vade /kuˈvɑd/ 名詞
擬娩
Cou·vade n. A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. --Tylor.
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couvade
n : a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a
pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the
child