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单词
matriarch
释义
matriarch
ma‧tri‧arch
/
ˈmeɪtriɑːk
$
-ɑːrk
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
matriarch
Origin:
1600-1700
matri-
+
-arch
(as in patriarch)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Bossy
matriarch
Pauline Faaahhhhler finds out she's the real grandma of Sonia's baby and sticks her nose right in.
I learned my sense of quality and performance from my grandmother, the
matriarch
of the family.
She had been the rock of our whole family, the
matriarch
, a marvellous, marvellous woman.
This painting speaks with burning honesty of man's love, and of his fear, of the overpowering
matriarch
.
We then watched it buttonhole every munching
matriarch
in the flock, crying, ` Did you see?
Yet it seems unlikely that a return to the
matriarch
ate is either possible or the way ahead.
word sets
WORD SETS
►
Women
emancipated,
adjective
feminism,
noun
feminist,
noun
hen party,
noun
matriarch,
noun
matriarchal,
adjective
matriarchy,
noun
sisterhood,
noun
sorority,
noun
well-woman,
adjective
women's lib,
noun
a woman, especially an older woman, who controls a family or a social group
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