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condom

noun
🔊/ˈkɒndɒm/
🔊/ˈkɑːndəm/
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  1. (British English also sheath)
    (also North American English, formal or specialist prophylactic)
     a thin rubber tube that a man wears over his penis during sex to stop a woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against disease（男用）避孕套，保险套，安全套，阴茎套
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • used
    … of condoms
    • box
    • pack
    • packet
    • …
    verb + condom
    • put on
    • use
    • wear
    • …
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  2. female condom
     a thin rubber device that a woman wears inside her vagina during sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant （女用）避孕套
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: of unknown origin; often said to be named after a physician who invented it, but no such person has been traced.