matriarch

FREQ #37520

n. 女家长, 女族长

发音

UK /ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/
其它
US /ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/

词形变化

matriarchs 复数 matriarchs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

    The dominant female in a family group of elephants

    女家长

  2. 2.

    A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

    A strong and domineering older woman; a battle axe.

  3. 3.

    A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

materfamilias

上位词 2

woman head of household

词源

Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). By surface analysis, matri- + -arch.

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