柯林斯詞典matriarch /?me?tr??ɑ?k/ (matriarchs) 1. N-COUNT A matriarch is a woman who rules in a society in which power passes from mother to daughter. (母系社會(huì)的)女族長(zhǎng); 女家長(zhǎng)2. N-COUNT A matriarch is an old and powerful female member of a family, for example a grandmother. 高威望的女長(zhǎng)輩 返回 matriarch劍橋詞典an old and powerful woman in a family , or the female leader of a society in which power passes from mother to daughter 女家長(zhǎng)；女族長(zhǎng) 比較patriarch (SOCIETY) 返回 matriarch