matriarch

英 ['meɪtriɑːk] 美 ['meɪtrɑːrk]

• n. 女家长；女族长

英英释义

Noun:

1. a female head of a family or tribe

2. a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The most severe punishment a matriarch can dispense is exile from the house.
   女族长所能判处的最重刑罚是流放。
2. A while ago some fool offered a Matriarch's Whip for sale on the black market.
   前面有些傻子在黑市上卖女族长的鞭子。

经典引文

• Mrs. Eckhard was one of those immensely energetic, dominating Jewish matriarchs.

  出自： L. Woolf

近反义词

【近义词】

• materfamilias 母亲
• empress 女皇
• grandmother (外)祖母
• queen 王后
• ruler 尺子
• matron 女总管
• woman 妇女