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
Related Words
ancestor祖先,祖宗,先祖,祖先的antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身author作者,笔者,作家,作者简介forerunner先行者,先驱者,先导者,先锋者founder创始人,创办人,创始者,创立者matriarch母系氏族长,族长,母系氏族,母仪天下originator发起人,创始者,创始人,创作者parent父母,父母亲,家长,亲patriarch元老级人物,族长,家长,元老precursor前体,前驱体,前身,前兆progenitor祖先,原生代,祖师爷,祖宗relative相对,相对的,相对而言,相对来说sire父系,阁下,父辈,母系ascendant长辈,长女,长子,长者begetter乞讨者,求助者,乞丐,乞讨人paterfamilias父系亲属,父系家庭,父子关系,父辈primogenitor初始化者,原生代,初始化人,初生代procreator生育者,生产者,生殖者,产妇
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the mother of a family.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inforebearer
Synonyms
ancestor祖先,祖宗,先祖,祖先的antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身ascendant长辈,长女,长子,长者author作者,笔者,作家,作者简介begetter乞讨者,求助者,乞丐,乞讨人forerunner先行者,先驱者,先导者,先锋者founder创始人,创办人,创始者,创立者matriarch母系氏族长,族长,母系氏族,母仪天下originator发起人,创始者,创始人,创作者parent父母,父母亲,家长,亲paterfamilias父系亲属,父系家庭,父子关系,父辈patriarch元老级人物,族长,家长,元老precursor前体,前驱体,前身,前兆primogenitor初始化者,原生代,初始化人,初生代procreator生育者,生产者,生殖者,产妇progenitor祖先,原生代,祖师爷,祖宗relative相对,相对的,相对而言,相对来说sire父系,阁下,父辈,母系
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.
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