matriarch
美音:
[´meıtrı´ɑ:k
]英音:
[´meıtrı´ɑ:k
]n.女家长,高雅的老妇人
难易程度:
matriarch为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:matriarchalism 形容词:matriarchal
matriarch
/'meɪtrɪɑ:k; `metrɪ,ɑrk/
n female head of a family or tribe 女家长; 女族长. Cf 参看 patriarch.
matriarch
n[C][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: matri- + -arch (as in patriarch)]
a woman, especially an older woman, who controls a family or a social group
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