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

• 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。
• This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.
  这是便雅悯人按着宗族所得的地业。
• Totem, together with the clan system, came into being in the matriarchal clan period of primitive society; totem is the symbol of different marriage groups and clans.
  它是在原始社会母系氏族时期与氏族制度一起形成的，图腾是不同婚姻集团和氏族的标志。
• 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。
• From many clans, mead-benches seized;
  从许多部族，夺过来甜酒坐凳。
• That is because such policies would threaten the power base and wealth of the ruling clans.
  这是因为这些政策将危及执政阶层的权力基础和财富。
• 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。
• In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Patriarchal Clans in Huizhou paid much attention to ( education).
  明清时期徽州教育非常发达，这是徽州强大的宗族势力重视教育的结果。
• Name the clans that made up the Shadow Council and their leaders.
  说出组成影子议会的部落名称，以及他们的领袖。
• Many private car owners living near subway lines in Beijing have now been car-sparing clans.
  北京地铁沿线的许多私家车主都加入了“弃车族”行列。