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单词 clan
释义
clan
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/klæn/us
/klæn/
agroupoffamilies,especiallyinScotland, whooriginallycame from the samefamilyand have the samename
（尤指苏格兰的）宗族，氏族
informal
alargefamily, or agroupofpeoplewhosharethe sameinterest:
家族，氏族；（享有共同利益的）群体，集团
Is/Are thewholeclan coming tovisityou forChristmas?你那一大帮亲戚圣诞节都要来看望你吗？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
  • anti-family
  • aunt
  • auntie
  • baby daddy
  • biologically
  • fatherhood
  • filial
  • first cousin
  • fraternal
  • grand-nephew
  • kinsman
  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • loved one
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
  • sibling
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Idiom

a/the gathering of the clans
(Definition ofclanfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

clan| American Dictionary

clan
noun[C]
infml
us
/klæn/
afamily,esp. alargegroupofpeoplewho arerelated:
Is thewholeclangatheringatyourhouseforThanksgiving?
(Definition ofclanfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclan

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The term hyopho is often mentioned in connection with the b problems of regional clans that falsified registers and hid households and inhabitants.
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Increased commercial opportunity led to increased competition and conflict among the different clans maneuvering to profit from the river trade.
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The head of a sub-clan's interest in land was expressed by granting permission to the members to cultivate the plots.
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Moreover, clans and lineages have in some cases been shown to be trans-ethnic entities that in terms of stability even surpass ethnic identities.
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Instead, there were rival clans, sinister characters of all descriptions and, last but not least, witch trials.
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Various pacts, covenants, and treaties among nations, tribes, clans, and individuals are captured through language.
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The chiefs of the current administrative villages were elected from within their neighbourhood clans, where the defeated candidates were automatically appointed as capitas.
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He knew that apprenticeships were generally reserved for the sons of papermaking clans.
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Indeed, our managers (be they of purchasing or of providing clans) now question whether they are still relevant, affordable, and important?
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However, some territorial control existed, and was ritually organized within and between clans.
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He was brought to the clan's compound, taken care of, and later married a woman from his hosts' family, thus founding his own lineage.
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Such groups included clans, local villages and guilds.
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At any rate, it is not easy to determine how much control clans had over civil disputes that involved their members.
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They are well-known for their totemic system of social classification: animals are signs or labels for social groups such as clans and moieties.
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However, their own policies of nation-building and promoting local cadres ensured clans' survival.
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