matriarch

noun

1. 女家长；女族长
   a woman who is the head of a family or social group

1. （母系社会的）女族长,女家长,女统治者
   A matriarch is a woman who rules in a society in which power passes from mother to daughter.
2. 家族中年长又有威望的女性成员(如祖母)
   A matriarch is an old and powerful female member of a family, for example a grandmother.

1. Solution: as far as the soprano matriarch is concerned, Dr. Melfi suggests that it is sometimes best to give the elderly the "illusion of control," advice that Tony applies to the conflict with his uncle.
   解决方案：由于斯普拉诺家族由一位老夫人掌权，梅尔菲医生建议道，有时候不妨给长辈一种“控制的错觉”，同事建议托尼可以把这一招应用到与他叔叔的冲突上。
2. While matriarch Victoria wasnt in attendance for the fun-filled day, there was no doubt she had dressed Harper beforehand.
   虽然妻子维多利亚没有参加这次欢乐之行，但无疑她事先把哈珀精心打扮了一番。
3. Her portrayal as the matriarch of a notorious Melbourne crime family has won worldwide praise and comparisons to being the most terrifying matriarch figure since Faye Dunaway in "Mommie, Dearest".
   Weaver在影片中扮演了墨尔本恶名昭著的犯罪家族中的女族长，她的表现得到了来自全世界的赞许，人们将她比作自FayeDunaway出演《亲爱的妈咪》以来最出色的女族长形象。
4. Now Swift is defending herself to the family matriarch and everyone else against accusations that she crashed Ethel cousin Kyle Kennedys wedding in August, upstaged the bride and infuriated her potential grandmother-in-law.
   现在斯威夫特要在这位家族的大家长和其他所有人面前为自己辩护，澄清关于她破坏埃塞尔堂妹凯尔肯尼迪八月份婚礼抢了新娘风头激怒了她未来祖母的传闻。
5. Echo, the matriarch and oldest in the group, her daughter Enid, and Ella, the second oldest female, all emerged as leaders.
   群落中最年长的女家长艾柯、她的女儿艾妮德、年纪仅次于艾柯的艾拉都是象群的领袖。
6. Professor Phyllis Lee and her colleague Cynthia Moss studied a herd of elephants in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya known as the EB family – famous for their matriarch Echo before she died in 2009.
   菲利斯·李教授和她的同事辛西娅·莫斯研究了肯尼亚安波塞利国家公园里的一群号称EB家庭的大象，这个群落因其女家长艾柯而出名，艾柯于2009年离世。
7. The group's silver-haired matriarch quietly reigned over the gathering, with everyone else poised to supply her needs.
   这群人中的银发祖母安静地主宰着这个聚会，其它每个人都准备好了满足她的需求。
8. Dark Templar: I am sure the Matriarch will be eager to hear your tale as well.
   黑暗圣堂武士：相信女酋长也会对你的故事感兴趣的。
9. Sonia Gandhi, the matriarch holding the real power in Congress, has been away ill.
   掌握国大党实权的女主人索尼娅甘地，已经因病离职。
10. The matriarch turned to face us, glowering.
    担任首领的母象转向我们，怒目而视。
11. If they prove to have done meritorious service, their original sentence may be rescinded and they may not be considered to have committed a crime. The most severe punishment a matriarch can dispense is exile from the house.
    确有立功表现时，可以撤销原判刑罚，不以犯罪论处女族长所能判处的最重刑罚是流放。
12. The naive idiot was hoping to get a lot of money for it, as if nobody knew the whip can only cast one of the four damning spells when it's used by a Matriarch.
    那些天真的白痴还希望卖个好价钱，就好像没人知道只有被女族长使用，那鞭子才能施放四种诅咒魔法之一。
13. The Motherly Matriarch ( Mazu) cult began in the coastal areas and has lasted for one thousand years.
    对慈祥的妈祖女神的膜拜开始于沿海地区，并已延续了一千年。
14. She saw herself as an elderly matriarch around whom younger people gathered to benefit from the fruits of her experience.
    她认为自己是个女家长，年轻人都能从她的经验中获益匪浅。
15. And, her mother is definitely the matriarch of the bigger family.
    而她的妈妈算是这个大家庭的族长。
16. Clan females are all related, and can trace their ancestry to a common matriarch.
    氏族内的女性互有亲缘，家世可追溯到同一位女族长。
17. Instead, womenfolk take a series of lovers throughout their lives, and the children of these "walking marriages" remain in their mothers'homes under a matriarch's supervision.
    摩梭人从不结婚，摩梭妇女一生中会找许多情人，通过“走婚”而生育的孩子跟随母亲生活，所有母亲都要接受女族长的监管。
18. An elephant family is led by a matriarch, with the matriarch being the oldest and most experienced of the herd.
    大象的家族首领由一头母象担任，她是象群内最年长和最有经验的母象。
19. In some cases it may include one of the matriarch's sisters and her offspring as well.
    有些情况下，有可能包括母象首领的同胞姐妹和她的子女。
20. They fret that societies have instead submitted to the nanny state, a protective but intrusive matriarch, coddling citizens for their own good.
    他们担心社会成了保姆国家，女族长式的保护但也插手干预，为了臣民自身的利益而去娇养溺爱他们。
21. The death penalty, which deprives person's life, is the severest penalty. The most severe punishment a matriarch can dispense is exile from the house.
    死刑剥夺人的生命，是最严厉的刑罚。女族长所能判处的最重刑罚是流放。
22. A while ago some fool offered a Matriarch's Whip for sale on the black market.
    前面有些傻子在黑市上卖女族长的鞭子。
23. My family's sorrow is to be expressed in personal tributes to the matriarch of our family.
    我们的悲伤将以个人对家里的女家长的悼念来表达。
24. The most severe punishment a matriarch can dispense is exile from the house.
    刑法的重点在于惩罚，而不是改造。女族长所能判处的最重刑罚是流放。
25. I know the vestal matriarch has sworn the temple will not take sides.
    我知道女族长是发过誓，神殿不参与斗争的。
26. The matriarch was among the vendors that received a welcome compensation cheque.
    我母亲也是获得可观赔偿金支票的卖家之一。
27. It is this male-leaving behavior that highlights the matriarch elephant family.
    这种“走婚”行为形成了母系族大象家族的特点。
28. Our family is filled with sadness due to the death of the last matriarch of our clan.
    我们家族最后一位女长辈逝世后，我们全家都沉浸在悲伤的气氛中。

noun

1. a female head of a family or tribe

   Synonym:    materfamilias

2. a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)