| 单词 | tribe |
| 释义 | Related topics: Anthropologytribe /traɪb/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 SAGROUP OF PEOPLEa social group consisting of people of the same race who have the same beliefs, customs, language etc, and usually live in one particular area ruled by their leader 部落 a tribe of Aborigines known as the Dolphin People 一个叫“海豚族”的澳大利亚土著部落2 a group of people with the same interests – used especially to show disapproval 〔兴趣相同的〕一批（人），一伙〔多含贬义〕 tribes of journalists 记者群体3 HBa group of related animals or plants 族〔指动植物的一类〕 the cat tribe 猫族4 humorousFAMILY a large family 大家庭，一大家子 We were only expecting Jack and his wife, but the whole tribe turned up. 我们以为只是杰克和他的妻子会来，但结果他们一大家子都来了。Examples from the Corpustribe• There is a tribe of beetles that specializes in feeding on bitter plants.• Western Australian tribes• There, capitalism dissolved social differentiation - families, castes, clans, tribes, provinces, religions, gender, nationality.• The Ghond tribe would only accept food from a Ghond cook.• In recent years, the tribe had been badly affected by diseases brought in by prospecting miners.• The tribe danced for three days in the hope that the Great Spirits would send them rain.• The tribes which inhabit the Upper Hunter and the adjacent parts of the colony are extremely harmless and well disposed.Origin tribe (1200-1300) Latin tribus “group within the Roman people, tribe”tribe nounChinese people Corpus group same social consisting a the of of |
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