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materfamilias

/mey-ter-fuh-mil-ee-uhs/US // ˌmeɪ tər fəˈmɪl i əs //UK // (ˌmeɪtəfəˈmɪlɪˌæs) //

母系亲属,母系家族,母系家庭,母校

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the mother of a family.

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Examples

  • The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with Materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles.

  • Its chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias.

  • Materfamilias complacently remarks on the manifest superiority of the article they have purchased, to "that red rubbish."

  • And I, being vain (turn some people out of a room and you don't humble them properly), retort with—'materfamilias!'

  • Beyond doubt the position of the Roman materfamilias was a much more dignified one than that of the Greek wife.