| 释义 |
Related topics: Womenma·tri·ar·chal /ˌmeɪtriˈɑːkl◂ $ -ˈɑːr-/ adjective 1 SSWWOMANruled or controlled by women 母系的，母权的 a matriarchal society 母系社会2. SSWWOMANrelating to or typical of a matriarch 女家长的；女族长的 → patriarchalExamples from the Corpusmatriarchal• A photograph taken in 1908 shows Belle, strongly matriarchal among her children.• Whether or not she was cooking, she regularly donned an apron as a symbolically matriarchal gesture that she was in charge of domestic arrangements.• Clearly, then, Laura Holmes's family is tribal, matriarchal, insular.ma·tri·ar·chal adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus women controlled ruled or by |