couvade

名词 couvade:

1. a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child

cou.vade

n.（名词）
A practice in certain non-Western cultures in which the husband of a woman in labor takes to his bed as though he were bearing the child.
拟娩，假分娩：一些非西方文化中的习俗，丈夫在其妻子分娩时卧床，好象他也在分娩

来源：
French
法语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from couver [to incubate, hatch]
源自 couver [卵，孵出]
from Latin cub3re [to lie down on]
源自 拉丁语 cub3re [躺在…上]