clique

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n. 派系, 集团 vi. 结党 [计] 集团型

发音

UK /kliːk/
UK /kliːk/
US /kliːk/
US /kliːk/

词形变化

cliques 复数 cliques cliqued cliques 三单 cliquing cliquing 现在分词 cliqued 过去式 cliqued 过去分词 the clique

别名

click

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

    小集团

    小圈子

    派系

    朋党

    This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.

  2. 2.

    A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

    团

    数学

    The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.

  3. 3.

    A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

  4. 4.

    A shortened form of the Skeleton Clique, the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots.

v.
  1. 1.

    To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

    不及物
name
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Clique.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

camp pack inner circle coterie in-group

上位词 4

lot set band circle

下位词 10

loop mafia sect hardcore faction cabal bohemia junta brain trust camarilla

相关短语

clique number clique numbers Skeleton Clique skeleton clique

词源

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

来源：wiktionary