matriarch

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/    美 /ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
    — This female hyena also gets erections and is larger, more aggressive than the male hyenas and lives in matrilineal clans of up to 80 individuals governed by an alpha female matriarch.
  2. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.; The dominant female in a family group of elephants.
  3. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.; A strong and domineering older woman; a battle axe. Northern-England
    — A typical Lancashire matriarch ushers the reassured townsfolk off the premises, confident that her money is safe: 'You don't deserve any business doubting t' Co-op. It's sound enough, and them that doubt it ought to be ashamed of themselves.'
  4. A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

词形变化

matriarchs plural

词汇关系

近义词
materfamilias
反义词
highfather paterfamilias patriarch
衍生词
matriarchate matriarchism
相关词
maternal matriarchal matriarchy matrimony matrimonial matron

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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