| 单词 | surrogate |
| 释义 | surrogate n. 1. a substitute, esp. for a person in a specific role or office. 2. Brit. a deputy, esp. of a bishop in granting marriage licences. 3. US a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship. Phrases and idioms surrogate mother 1. a person acting the role of mother. 2. a woman who bears a child on behalf of another woman, from her own egg fertilized by the other woman's partner. Derivatives surrogacy n. surrogateship n. Etymology: L surrogatus past part. of surrogare elect as a substitute (as SUR-(1), rogare ask) |
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