they had the old custom, known as the couvade, of sending the father to bed and rest when a child was born, and they had as a luck symbol the well-known Swastika. 他们有一种古老的风俗，通常叫拟娩，当孩子降生时，把父亲送到床上去休息；而且他们把著名的万字饰当作幸运的象征。
Under the influence of this classic evolution thought, there are some misunderstandings in historical documents in the research of couvade in China.This problem should draw the scholars' attentions. 我国学者在古典进化论思想的影响下，在研究“产翁制”时，对古文献的理解存在著严重偏差，应该引起文化史研究者的重视。
Couvade is a term which was coined by anthropologist E.B. Tylor in 1865 to refer to certain rituals in several cultures that fathers adopt during pregnancy.
Couvade can be traced to Ancient Egypt as a "sacred birth custom, of when a child is born, the man experiences the ritual of "labor" in which he takes to his bed, and undergoes periods of fasting and purification, and the observance of certain taboos.
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
custom, usage, usance
联想词
childbirth分娩;menstruation月经;pregnancy怀孕;
英英词典
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