of or relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husband's home or community (婚后)居住在男方家里的。 亦称 virilocal the residence pattern is patrilocal. 婚后居住方式是住在男方家里。
派生 patrilocality noun 语源
early 20th cent.: from Latin pater, patr- 'father' + local