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Definition of couvade in English: couvadenoun kuːˈvɑːdko͞oˈväd mass nounThe 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（某些文化中的习俗：丈夫在孩子出生时卧床并进行一些仪式，仿佛分娩也给他带来了身体上的痛楚） Example sentencesExamples - In extreme forms of couvade, the man may mimic the pain and process of childbirth and expect his wife to wait on him in the following days.
- But couvade, as I attempt to untangle its relation to colonialism in this essay, is a strategy re-invented for the purposes of reconciliation in narratives of Manichean allegory.
- Armin Brott discusses the whys (at least, in theory) of couvade syndrome and this research says that this condition does exist.
- The only known cure for couvade is - birth.
OriginMid 19th century: 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. RhymesAssad, aubade, avant-garde, backyard, ballade, bard, Bernard, bombard, canard, card, charade, chard, croustade, Cunard, facade, glissade, guard, hard, ill-starred, interlard, lard, Montagnard, nard, pard, petard, pomade, promenade, regard, rodomontade, roulade, saccade, Sade, salade, sard, shard, unmarred, unscarred, yard Definition of couvade in US English: couvadenounko͞oˈväd 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（某些文化中的习俗：丈夫在孩子出生时卧床并进行一些仪式，仿佛分娩也给他带来了身体上的痛楚） Example sentencesExamples - In extreme forms of couvade, the man may mimic the pain and process of childbirth and expect his wife to wait on him in the following days.
- The only known cure for couvade is - birth.
- Armin Brott discusses the whys (at least, in theory) of couvade syndrome and this research says that this condition does exist.
- But couvade, as I attempt to untangle its relation to colonialism in this essay, is a strategy re-invented for the purposes of reconciliation in narratives of Manichean allegory.
OriginMid 19th century: 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. |