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clan

/klan/US // klæn //UK // (klæn) //

氏族,氏族人,群体,族裔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
    • : a group of people of common descent; family: Our whole clan got together for Thanksgiving.
    • : a group of people, as a clique, set, society, or party, especially as united by some common trait, characteristic, or interest: a clan of actors and directors.
    • : Anthropology. the principal social unit of tribal organization, in which descent is reckoned exclusively in either the paternal or the maternal line.a group of people regarded as being descended from a common ancestor.

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Examples

  • If you have someone in your clan who hasn’t heard this yet, please put them on to this one and saved them from becoming Night Night Nate.

  • You return between missions to interact with your clan, upgrade your gear, trade items and more.

  • Female hyenas may be out for cubs’ blood — even within their own clans.

  • Though hyenas spend much of their time alone, group living allows them to defend their turf against rival hyena clans and to gang up against threatening lions, he says.

  • The sun could come from a large, loose-knit clan or a small family that’s always fighting.

  • My name is Romulous, I lead the Dark Angels or xDAx a clan primarily based out of Warhammer.

  • Franco plays Benjy, the mentally handicapped—and eventually, castrated—member of the Compson clan.

  • But he said that the Qawasmeh clan has had a long history of working closely with Hamas leadership.

  • Happy to be the least of her clan, she becomes greatest among them.

  • The crowd was there to listen to Chappelle riff on everything from the Wu-Tang Clan to Barack Obama to gay rights.

  • Mark out in your sand-box the boundary lines of the hunting ground of the Horse clan.

  • The strange clan always used it on their way to and from the lowland plains.

  • The strangers soon went away, and the Bison clan forgot about them.

  • The head man of the agricultural clan was elected by the free choice of his fellows, his equals in rank and station.

  • Western gamblers are legion—a reckless, money-plunging, romantic and venturesome yet an admittedly square-shooting clan.