clans

英 [klænz]

美 [klænz]

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
clan的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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

双语例句

• The MacDonald and Stewart tartans are famous Tartan patterns associated with different Scottish family groups or clans.
  麦克唐纳和斯图尔特是与不同苏格兰家族或宗派相联系的有名的方格图案。
• What if other clans hear of this, sanzaemon?
  其它部落听到会怎么想，仲代？
• When two clans of gorillas meet, they always avoid conflict.
  当两个不同族群的大猩猩相遇时，他们总是避免冲突。
• Members of the local militia are usually members powerful local clans, which wield considerable power in the region.
  当地军事组织的成员通常是由能力的当地氏族成员，在本地区拥有相当大的权势。
• From many clans, mead-benches seized;
  从许多部族，夺过来甜酒坐凳。
• The same impulses toward extremism are used to justify war between Sunni and Shia, between tribes and clans.
  对极端主义的同样驱动引发逊尼派教徒和什叶派教徒、部落与宗族间的交战。
• Another feature was the movements of individuals and clans from their ancestral abode.
  另一个特征就是个人和族人从祖宗老家向外迁徙。
• Groups, People you may know, Friend Finder, these are all clans.
  群组，您可能知道，朋友搜寻器，所有这些都是团体。
• The clans lived off the land more or less self-sufficiently, with cattle as their main wealth.
  各个家族都拥有土地，基本可以自给自足，但他们主要的财产是牛。
• This dance also seems to have a close relationship with primitive dances of the clans.
  这部乐舞看来也和氏族传统的原始舞蹈有着渊源关系。