head of the household

基本解释

Can I speak to the head of the household?
我可以跟户主讲话吗？
The traditional husband was the head of the household, because he was the only one who worked outside the home.
传统家庭中的丈夫是全家人的首领，因为只有他一个人是在家庭之外工作的。
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The traditional Mongolian American household is a patriarchy in which the head of the household is the eldest male.
传统的美籍蒙古人家庭是一种父系家长制，家族中年龄最大的男性是家族的首长。

Mike Vincent is head of the rehabilitation center. He says people are donating clothing to the shop, but they are keeping expensive household goods.
At the top of it is the head of the household, the man, the paterfamilias.
金字塔顶端是一家之主，男人，即家长。
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And the speakers are able, presumably, to pursue the audacious arguments that will appear in the rest of the book without the oversight of the head of the household, the embodiment of conventional opinion.
众人想必，因此可以放胆发言,如我们在往后对话中所见,而不必担心一家之长的监督，惯例见解的体现。
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"The head of the household came in, and she asked me if I like duck, " he recalls.
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