matriarch /'meitricuk; 'metri,ork/ n woman head of a family or tribe. 女家長(zhǎng); 女族良。 matriarchy l-a: ki; -arki/ n social organization in which mothers are the heads of families. 母權(quán)制; 母系制 (以母親為家長(zhǎng)或族長(zhǎng)的社會(huì)組織) 。 Tna-tri-ar-chal /,meitn'a: kl; zmetn'arkl/ adj