clan

英 [klæn]

美 [klæn]

n. (尤指苏格兰的)宗族，氏族，家族; 庞大的家族; 宗派; 帮派; 小集团

复数：clans　

Collins.2 / BNC.7945 / COCA.5636

牛津词典

noun

（尤指苏格兰的）宗族，氏族，家族
a group of families who are related to each other, especially in Scotland
1. the Macleod clan
  麦克劳德氏族
2. clan warfare
  宗族冲突
庞大的家族；宗派；帮派；小集团
a very large family, or a group of people who are connected because of a particular thing
1. one of a growing clan of stars who have left Hollywood
  脱离了好莱坞的那帮人数日益增多的明星中的一员

N-COUNT 家族;宗族;氏族
Aclanis a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
1. ...rival clans.
  敌对的家族
N-COUNT (有共同利益的)集团，帮派，派系
You can refer to a group of people with the same interests as aclan.
1. ...a powerful clan of industrialists from Monterrey.
  来自蒙特雷的势力强大的企业家集团

noun

group of people related by blood or marriage
Synonym:kinkin groupkinship groupkindredtribe

All the higher-grade engineers have formed a little clan of their own.
所有的高级工程师组成了他们自己的小团体。
They still kept traces of the clan society.
他们还保留了氏族社会的痕迹。
Clan these through have a get-together, confirm one's own status by corporation and secret grade of society.
这些部落通过聚会靠社团和秘密社会的等级来确定各自的地位。
The Chinese christians, therefore, practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.
所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
She was a member of my clan.
她是我的家族成员。
They attacked a stronghold of a clan aligned with the rival Fatah faction, and gunmen there returned fire.
他们袭击了一个和法塔赫结盟的家族的重要据点，据点内的武装人员进行还击。
He's from the Campbell clan.
他是坎贝尔家族的人。
The Xia Dynasty began a period of family or clan control.
夏代开始，为期家庭或部族控制。
Do I belong to a clan or tribe?
我是不是一个宗族或者部落的成员？
After graduation, they joined the Rushing Clan and soon became successful professionals.
毕业后他们加入了奔奔族，不久就成了成功的职业人士。