tribe

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n. 宗族, 部落, 一群人 [医] 族(生物分类)

发音

US /tɹaɪb/

词形变化

tribes 复数 tribes tribed tribes 三单 tribing tribing 现在分词 tribed 过去式 tribed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

部落；族；宗族；一伙

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

    the Twelve Tribes of Israel; Germanic tribes; Celtic tribes

    The Formation of Kazakh Identity: From Tribe to Nation-state

  2. 2.

    A tribal nation or people.

  3. 3.

    A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.

    贬义 非正式
  4. 4.

    A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

    部落

    部族

    Near-synonyms: nation; ingroup

    She found her tribe among fellow cross-stitchers.

  5. 5.

    A class or group of things.

  6. 6.

    A group of apes who live and work together.

    生物 动物学
  7. 7.

    A hierarchical rank between family and genus.

    生物
  8. 8.

    A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.

  9. 9.

    The collective noun for various animals.

  10. 10.

    A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.

    the Duchess tribe of shorthorns

v.
  1. 1.

    To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

    及物

    1696-1699, William Nicolson, English Historical Library Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

clan folk kin kindred

上位词 3

nation social group taxon

下位词 9

family folks totem genealogy family tree family unit mishpachah mishpocha phyle

部分词 8

maya relative relation Mayan moiety Nahuatl Olmec tribesperson

整体词 1

family

相关短语

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词源

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus. Doublet of tribus.

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