来自苏格兰盖尔语clann,家族,种族,来自拉丁语planta,新枝,植物,后代。因盖尔语字母 p 不能用做首字母,因而用字母c 代替。比较pole,collar,cycle,来自PIE*kwel,转。
clan 用法和例句
Dr leakey is a member of an illustrious palaeontological clan .
利基博士是一个杰出的古生物学家族的成员之一。
Corruption flourishes because the clan runs things for its own benefit .
腐败猖獗是因为宗族统治只关心其自身利益。
The rebellious houthi clan now controls the area around saada in the north .
叛军胡赛houthi部落现在控制了北方萨达saada周围的区域。
This clan is often unfair .
集团主义通常是不公正的。
Both units are manned almost entirely by alawites , from the minority shia offshoot to which the assad clan belongs .
两方都几乎全部由阿拉维派所掌控,从小什叶派分支到阿萨德所属的氏族。
汉语翻译
n. 氏族, 宗族, 集团 【医】 支
英语解释
名词 clan:
group of people related by blood or marriage同义词:kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, tribe
例句
All the higher- grade engineer have forme 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。
A feud between two families or clans that arises out of a slaying and is perpetuated by retaliatory acts of revenge; a blood feud.族间血仇,血系间的复仇由杀戳引起的并通过以牙还牙的报复行为而持续不断的两个家族或宗族之间的世仇; 血仇
The whole clan is coming to stay with them at Christmas.他们那一大帮亲戚要在圣诞节期间来他们这里住。
There are many clans in European countries.欧洲国家有很多党派。
详细解释
clan n.(名词)A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.宗族:苏格兰高地的传统社会单位,由若干自认是同一祖先的后代和追溯同一世袭族长的家庭组成A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.部族:可追溯到同一祖先的部落的一个分支A large group of relatives, friends, or associates.家族:由亲戚、朋友或同事组成的一个大群体 来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Scottish Gaelic clann [family] 源自 苏格兰的盖尔语 clann [家庭] from Old Irish cland [offspring] 源自 古爱尔兰语 cland [后代] from Latin planta [plant, sprout] * see plat- 源自 拉丁语 planta [植物,苗] *参见 plat-