◎指腹为婚
[parental betrothal;the two (the boy and the girl) had been engaged to each other before they were born] 旧指胎儿还在母体中就由双方父母作主订婚
⒈ 见“指腹为亲”。
一种古代的婚俗。双方家长为尚在腹中的儿女预订婚约。《镜花缘．第五六回》：「彼时九王爷因娘娘又怀身孕，曾与骆老爷指腹为婚，倘生郡主，情愿与骆公子再续前姻。」《红楼梦．第六四回》：「因与尤老娘前夫相好，所以将张华与尤二姐指腹为婚。」也作「指腹成亲」、「指腹为亲」。