clan

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n. 氏族, 宗族, 集团 [医] 支

发音

US /klæn/

词形变化

clans 复数 clans

别名

clann

教材释义与例句

名词

宗族；部落；集团

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.

    家族

    一族

    氏族

  2. 2.

    A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

  3. 3.

    Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.

    Holonym: nation

    Near-synonym: canton (uncommon outside of certain dialects)

  4. 4.

    A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

    游戏
  5. 5.

    A badger colony.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

tribe kin kindred

上位词 1

social group

下位词 8

family folks totem genealogy family tree family unit mishpachah mishpocha

部分词 3

relative relation tribesperson

相关短语

clan control clan mate clan mates clan endogamy clan lab 秘密毒品实验室 clan labs

词源

Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.

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