matriarchal [ˌmeɪtriˈɑ:rkl]

例句:

• True, patriarchal & matriarchal structures still exist.
  来自SA
• The animals live in matriarchal groups.
  这些动物按母系群体生活。
  
• The finds from these burial grounds point to the existence of a prosperous matriarchal society.
  这些墓地中发现的东西说明曾经有过一个昌盛的母系社会.
  
• He was raised in a matriarchal family and was always closer to his mother than his father.
  他从小生长在一个由女性掌权的家庭，比起和父亲的关系来，他总是跟母亲更亲。
  
• The Indian tribes further south are largely matriarchal.
  来自E. B. Tylor
• They...are getting too old for the matriarchal form of government.
  来自B. Jowett