matriarchy
英 ['meɪtrɪɑːkɪ]
美['metrɪɑrki]
- n. 母权制；女家长制；女族长制；母系氏族
英英释义
- 1. a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
中文词源
matriarchy 母系，母权
来自matriarch,女族长，-y,名词后缀。比喻用法。
助记提示
1、matri- + -archy.
双语例句
- 1. That is due to the matriarchy of its society.
- 那是因为他们仍然是母系社会。
来自辞典例句
- 2. Thai's female worship dated back to the en of matriarchy.
- 泰民族对女性的崇拜源自母系社会时期人们的本能意识的升华.
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英文词源
- matriarchy (n.)
- formed in English 1881 from matriarch + -y (4).
词态变化
复数: matriarchies;