| 释义 |
surrogate /surˈō-git or -gāt/ noun- A substitute
- A deputy, esp of an ecclesiastical judge
- A deputy of a bishop who grants marriage licences
- (in some US states) a judge of probate
- A person or thing standing, eg in a dream, for another person or thing, or a person who fills the role of another in one's emotional life (eg mother surrogate; see also surrogate mother below)
ORIGIN: L surrogāre, -ātum, from sub in the place of, and rogāre to ask surrˈogacy noun - The state of being a surrogate
- Use of a surrogate, esp of a surrogate mother
surrˈogateship noun surrogāˈtion noun Subrogation surrogāˈtum noun - A substitute (obsolete)
- Something that stands in place of something else, eg a price instead of the thing itself (Scots law)
surrogate mother noun - A woman who bears a baby for another (esp childless) couple, after either (artificial) insemination by the male or implantation of an embryo from the female
- A woman who fills the role of mother to children she did not bear
surrogate motherhood noun |