英语词汇“man、midwife”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

man-midwife

释义

ˈman-ˈmidwife Now rare.
Pl. men-midwives.
A man who assists women in childbirth; an accoucheur. Also fig.
1625B. Jonson Staple of N. Induct., There are a set of gamesters within, in trauell of a thing call'd a Play,..and they haue intreated me to be their Man-Midwife, the Prologue.1638Suckling Aglaura (1646) 5 That old doting man-mid-wife Time.1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. After-Birth, That which Chirurgeons and Men-Midwives call Placenta.1783S. F. Simmons in Med. Commun. I. 176 Dr. Bland, physician man-midwife to the Westminster General Dispensary.1797Directory Sheffield 81 Hodgson, John, surgeon, and man-midwife.1807Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xiv. 476 The ancient Athenians used only men-midwives.
Hence man-midwifery, the practice or occupation of a man-midwife.
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 14 Jest... But you promised me I should see Mr. Character brought to bed. Earn. That you shall presently, of a Premunire at least, by the help of his own man-midwifery.1684Earl Roscom. Ess. Transl. Verse 244 A Quack (too scandalously Mean to Name) Had, by Man-Midwifery, got Wealth and Fame.1790P. Thicknesse (title) Man-Midwifery Analyzed.

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