clann.

Brit.

/klan/, U.S.

/klæn/

Etymology: < Gaelic clann family, stock, race, Old Irish cland, clann, apparently not originally a Celtic word, but < Latin planta sprout, shoot, scion, slip (compare stirps stock, stem, race). Goidelic substituted k for p, as caisg, corcur, Latin pascha, purpur.1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Stirps, the stok of a tree or a clanne.

1. A number of persons claiming descent from a common ancestor, and associated together; a tribe.

a. Applied to those of the Highlands of Scotland; extended also to Lowland Scottish families, esp. in the Border country, where a somewhat similar social system prevailed.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > Scottish

clanc1425

faction1699

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. xi. xvii. 9 (Jam.) Tha thre score ware clannys twa, Clahynne Qwhewyl and Clachin Yha.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 59 Efter him suld neuir ane spring or spreid Of all his clan.

1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 28 Old customes yet among the High-landers in choosing the head of thir Clanns, or Families.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 73 The Inward Man, And Outward, like a Clan, and Clan, Have always been at Daggers-drawing.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5390/2 The Clans behave themselves with great Insolence.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. x. 15 Her lover, 'gainst her father's clan, With Car in arms had stood.

1889 N.E.D. at Clan Mod. ‘The Gathering of the Clans.’

b. Rarely used of the Irish.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > Irish

nation1423

sect1536

clana1687

fine1786

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 96 The Poor..seem rather to obey their Grandees, old Landlords, and the Heads of their Septes and Clans, than God.

c. Extended to similar tribal groups in other countries.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun]

surname1455

sept1518

clana1522

gentility1583

blooda1599

horde1826

gens1855

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xi. 5 Clausus..Fra quham the clan and pepill Claudyane Is cummyn.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 449 Thare wes sindry clannis of thare linage, specialie al the landis beyound the wattir of Padus.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 510 One Nation or Clan selling others that are their Enemies.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 56 Upon the brook Kishon, lay encamped another Clan of the Arabs.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 164 These tribes and clans were..regarded more as natural than as political associations.

1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. §6. 103 Among both Australians and Indians a man is forbidden to marry in his own clan.

2. contemptuously. A collection of people having common attributes; a fraternity, party, ‘set’, ‘lot’.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > regarded as having something in common

clanc1540

crew1570

brood1581

public1911

club1944

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Fv For heir ar kingis and mony nobillis stout And nane of thaym pertenand to his clan.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. 5752 in Wks. (1931) I With Iudas sall compeir one clan Off fals Tratouris.

1688 Vox Cleri pro Rege 2 A certain Clann of men, who..cannot forbear being Clamorous.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 130 Your literary men, and your politicians, and..the whole clan of the enlightened among us.

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iii. 47 They are all alike—the whole clan of them.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 31 Clan, a multitude or set of people. ‘A clan o' bairns,’ a crowd of children.

3. poetic of animals, plants, and things inanimate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together

class1583

coveya1592

parcel1607

batch1616

sisterhood1616

clan1667

band1690

set1690

lot1710

group1718

brotherhood1728

kit1785

package1947

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 901 For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring Thir embryon Atoms..in thir several Clanns .

1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 133 Forth rush the jolly Clan [hounds].

1736 H. Brooke Universal Beauty vi. (R.) A youthful empress guides their airy clan.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 6 One red leaf, the last of its clan.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods ii. ii A clan o' roosty craws Cangle thegither.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as clan-brother, clan-feeling, clan-gathering, clan-name, clan-sister, clan-spirit, clan-system, clan-tartan, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > to clan, fraternity, tribe, etc.

clanship1809

clansmanship1871

clan-spirit1883

old school tie1920

tribalism1955

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > clan-system

clanship1772

septship1812

clanism1831

clan-system1887

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > member of clan > clan-brother or -sister

clan-brother1932

clan-sister1942

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 141 We were to hear no more of hunting, or hosting, or clan-gatherings.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind x. 280 The Australians..use the clan-name as a sort of surname.

1883 G. Brodrick in 19th Cent. Nov. 912 The survival of the old clan-spirit.

1887 Athenæum 12 Mar. 345/3 To the clan system..and to ‘Celtic feudalism’, the Duke [of Argyll] ascribes all the evils of the Highlands.

1888 Daily News 17 Dec. 2/7 American, antique, and clan laces.

1932 C. G. Seligman & B. Z. Seligman Pagan Tribes Nilotic Sudan ii. 54 The relationship to the yura is dependent on that between uwa (clan-brothers), who stand in such close relationship that they have access to each other's wives.

1936 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 234 The guest is not assimilated to a clan-brother.

1942 D. C. Talayesva Sun Chief i. 32 Many of my mother's sisters and clan sisters were present.

1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization vi. 208 Failing to sacrifice, sleeping with a clan-sister..—actions of such a kind may be difficult to deal with effectively in human terms.

Draft additions 1993

Ecology. A very localized group of plants most of which belong to a single species.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun] > species or sub-species

shapec1400

species1608

subspecies1681

semispecies1825

infima species1843

conspeciesa1856

incipient species1859

relic1873

biological species1876

biological race1878

microspecies1897

clan1916

Jordanon1916

twin species1931

supraspecies1938

sibling species1940

species pair1942

phenon1943

biospecies1953

ochlospecies1962

1916 F. E. Clements in Publ. Carnegie Inst. No. 242. 134 A clan is composed of a secondary species. It is next below the society in rank, though it is not necessarily a subdivision of it.

1916 F. E. Clements in Publ. Carnegie Inst. No. 242. 134 A clan differs from a society chiefly in being local or restricted to a few small and scattered areas.

1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation ii. 9 The names association, consociation, society and clan are given to the communities of stable (climax) vegetation in descending order.

1936 Jrnl. Ecol. 24 278 Most clans are families developed in the climax matrix.

1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xi. 334 Within societies etc., there may be..clans. These represent the lowest climax unit, consisting each of a small aggregation of a single very locally but overwhelming dominant species.

Draft additions 1997

Geology. A group of igneous rocks of very similar chemical composition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > group of

clan1914

1914 R. A. Daly Igneous Rocks & their Origin ii. 40 Field and laboratory observations..have already simplified the problem by showing that the many types [of igneous rocks] can be grouped in chemical series of relatively small number. For temporary, convenient use in this book, these series may be called ‘clans’.

1932 F. F. Grout Petrogr. & Petrol. ii. 52 If a mineral is listed in the ‘formula’ of any clan it must be present in notable amount (though occult in the glasses), say about 10 per cent.

1936 H. L. Alling Interpretative Petrol. Igneous Rocks xxiii. 278 The term kindreds was introduced by Tyrrell; this can be subdivided into series, suites, tribes, and clans.

1973 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. India 14 411 The common association of large bodies of Precambrian anorthosites with charnockites has led to the recognition of these rocks as forming a distinct clan.

1983 Meteoritics 18 293 The Qinzhen enstatite chondrite, a recent fall in the People's Republic of China, is the first highly unequilibrated member (E3) of the enstatite chondrite clan.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clan
释义	clann. Brit. /klan/, U.S. /klæn/ Etymology: < Gaelic clann family, stock, race, Old Irish cland, clann, apparently not originally a Celtic word, but < Latin planta sprout, shoot, scion, slip (compare stirps stock, stem, race). Goidelic substituted k for p, as caisg, corcur, Latin pascha, purpur.1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Stirps, the stok of a tree or a clanne. 1. A number of persons claiming descent from a common ancestor, and associated together; a tribe. a. Applied to those of the Highlands of Scotland; extended also to Lowland Scottish families, esp. in the Border country, where a somewhat similar social system prevailed. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > Scottish clanc1425 faction1699 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. xi. xvii. 9 (Jam.) Tha thre score ware clannys twa, Clahynne Qwhewyl and Clachin Yha. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 59 Efter him suld neuir ane spring or spreid Of all his clan. 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 28 Old customes yet among the High-landers in choosing the head of thir Clanns, or Families. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 73 The Inward Man, And Outward, like a Clan, and Clan, Have always been at Daggers-drawing. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5390/2 The Clans behave themselves with great Insolence. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. x. 15 Her lover, 'gainst her father's clan, With Car in arms had stood. 1889 N.E.D. at Clan Mod. ‘The Gathering of the Clans.’ b. Rarely used of the Irish. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > Irish nation1423 sect1536 clana1687 fine1786 a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 96 The Poor..seem rather to obey their Grandees, old Landlords, and the Heads of their Septes and Clans, than God. c. Extended to similar tribal groups in other countries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] surname1455 sept1518 clana1522 gentility1583 blooda1599 horde1826 gens1855 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xi. 5 Clausus..Fra quham the clan and pepill Claudyane Is cummyn. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 449 Thare wes sindry clannis of thare linage, specialie al the landis beyound the wattir of Padus. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 510 One Nation or Clan selling others that are their Enemies. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 56 Upon the brook Kishon, lay encamped another Clan of the Arabs. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 164 These tribes and clans were..regarded more as natural than as political associations. 1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. §6. 103 Among both Australians and Indians a man is forbidden to marry in his own clan. 2. contemptuously. A collection of people having common attributes; a fraternity, party, ‘set’, ‘lot’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > regarded as having something in common clanc1540 crew1570 brood1581 public1911 club1944 c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Fv For heir ar kingis and mony nobillis stout And nane of thaym pertenand to his clan. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. 5752 in Wks. (1931) I With Iudas sall compeir one clan Off fals Tratouris. 1688 Vox Cleri pro Rege 2 A certain Clann of men, who..cannot forbear being Clamorous. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 130 Your literary men, and your politicians, and..the whole clan of the enlightened among us. View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iii. 47 They are all alike—the whole clan of them. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 31 Clan, a multitude or set of people. ‘A clan o' bairns,’ a crowd of children. 3. poetic of animals, plants, and things inanimate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together class1583 coveya1592 parcel1607 batch1616 sisterhood1616 clan1667 band1690 set1690 lot1710 group1718 brotherhood1728 kit1785 package1947 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 901 For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring Thir embryon Atoms..in thir several Clanns . View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 133 Forth rush the jolly Clan [hounds]. 1736 H. Brooke Universal Beauty vi. (R.) A youthful empress guides their airy clan. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 6 One red leaf, the last of its clan. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods ii. ii A clan o' roosty craws Cangle thegither. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as clan-brother, clan-feeling, clan-gathering, clan-name, clan-sister, clan-spirit, clan-system, clan-tartan, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > to clan, fraternity, tribe, etc. clanship1809 clansmanship1871 clan-spirit1883 old school tie1920 tribalism1955 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > clan-system clanship1772 septship1812 clanism1831 clan-system1887 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > member of clan > clan-brother or -sister clan-brother1932 clan-sister1942 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 141 We were to hear no more of hunting, or hosting, or clan-gatherings. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind x. 280 The Australians..use the clan-name as a sort of surname. 1883 G. Brodrick in 19th Cent. Nov. 912 The survival of the old clan-spirit. 1887 Athenæum 12 Mar. 345/3 To the clan system..and to ‘Celtic feudalism’, the Duke [of Argyll] ascribes all the evils of the Highlands. 1888 Daily News 17 Dec. 2/7 American, antique, and clan laces. 1932 C. G. Seligman & B. Z. Seligman Pagan Tribes Nilotic Sudan ii. 54 The relationship to the yura is dependent on that between uwa (clan-brothers), who stand in such close relationship that they have access to each other's wives. 1936 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 234 The guest is not assimilated to a clan-brother. 1942 D. C. Talayesva Sun Chief i. 32 Many of my mother's sisters and clan sisters were present. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization vi. 208 Failing to sacrifice, sleeping with a clan-sister..—actions of such a kind may be difficult to deal with effectively in human terms. Draft additions 1993 Ecology. A very localized group of plants most of which belong to a single species. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun] > species or sub-species shapec1400 species1608 subspecies1681 semispecies1825 infima species1843 conspeciesa1856 incipient species1859 relic1873 biological species1876 biological race1878 microspecies1897 clan1916 Jordanon1916 twin species1931 supraspecies1938 sibling species1940 species pair1942 phenon1943 biospecies1953 ochlospecies1962 1916 F. E. Clements in Publ. Carnegie Inst. No. 242. 134 A clan is composed of a secondary species. It is next below the society in rank, though it is not necessarily a subdivision of it. 1916 F. E. Clements in Publ. Carnegie Inst. No. 242. 134 A clan differs from a society chiefly in being local or restricted to a few small and scattered areas. 1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation ii. 9 The names association, consociation, society and clan are given to the communities of stable (climax) vegetation in descending order. 1936 Jrnl. Ecol. 24 278 Most clans are families developed in the climax matrix. 1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xi. 334 Within societies etc., there may be..clans. These represent the lowest climax unit, consisting each of a small aggregation of a single very locally but overwhelming dominant species. Draft additions 1997 Geology. A group of igneous rocks of very similar chemical composition. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > group of clan1914 1914 R. A. Daly Igneous Rocks & their Origin ii. 40 Field and laboratory observations..have already simplified the problem by showing that the many types [of igneous rocks] can be grouped in chemical series of relatively small number. For temporary, convenient use in this book, these series may be called ‘clans’. 1932 F. F. Grout Petrogr. & Petrol. ii. 52 If a mineral is listed in the ‘formula’ of any clan it must be present in notable amount (though occult in the glasses), say about 10 per cent. 1936 H. L. Alling Interpretative Petrol. Igneous Rocks xxiii. 278 The term kindreds was introduced by Tyrrell; this can be subdivided into series, suites, tribes, and clans. 1973 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. India 14 411 The common association of large bodies of Precambrian anorthosites with charnockites has led to the recognition of these rocks as forming a distinct clan. 1983 Meteoritics 18 293 The Qinzhen enstatite chondrite, a recent fall in the People's Republic of China, is the first highly unequilibrated member (E3) of the enstatite chondrite clan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clanv. Etymology: < clan n. rare. intransitive. To combine in united action like members of a clan. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [verb (intransitive)] > combine as a coterie or clique clan1673 clique1884 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 42 A sort of Divines..had clann'd together to set up..a new Company of Commedians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1425v.1673
随便看	θ141681 θ141682 θ141683 θ141684 θ141685 θ141686 θ141687 θ141688 θ141689 θ14169 θ141690 θ141691 θ141692 θ141693 θ141694 θ141695 θ141696 θ141697 θ141698 θ141699 θ1417 θ14170 θ141700 θ141701 θ141702

clann.

Compounds

Draft additions 1993

Draft additions 1997

clanv.