单词 | matriarchal |
释义 | matriarchal From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Womenmatriarchalma‧tri‧ar‧chal /ˌmeɪtriˈɑːkl◂ $ -ˈɑːr-/ adjective1 SSWWOMANruled or controlled by women a matriarchal society2 SSWWOMANrelating to or typical of a matriarch → 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. |
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