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单词 enclave
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enclaven.

Brit. /ˈɛnkleɪv/, /ˈɛŋkleɪv/, /ˈɒŋkleɪv/, /ɛnˈkleɪv/, /ˈɒnkleɪv/, U.S. /ˈɛnˌkleɪv/, /ˈɑŋˌkleɪv/
Etymology: < French enclave, < enclaver to enclose, shut in, < late Latin inclāvāre, < in in + clāvis key (Scheler), or clāvus nail (Littré).
A portion of territory entirely surrounded by foreign dominions. Also figurative.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > surrounded by foreign dominions
enclavure1851
enclave1868
exclave1888
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 38 Russia looks upon them [the Roumans] as destined to be a mere enclave in a Slavonic empire.
1870 Contemp. Rev. 15 89 Enclaves in the territory of the greatest-happiness idea.
1884 Spectator 2 Feb. 150 Purely human enclaves in an inspired book.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Feb. 9/1 Portugal..possesses an enclave extending from Massabe to Red Point.

Draft additions 1993

b. A group of people who are culturally, intellectually, or socially distinct from the majority of the population.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > other specific types of company
rabblement1536
rabble rout?1589
quorum1596
besorta1616
flying squadron1670
alliance1703
minority1837
umma1885
lads1888
minority group1919
flying squad1927
milieu1927
focus group1938
visible minority1940
enclave1945
1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 233 An enclave of intransigent Afrikander-Dutch..were permitted to develop a separate inimical culture.
1959 Listener 16 Apr. 683/1 Dr. Leavis successfully established a Lawrentian enclave in Cambridge.
1979 R. P. Graves A. E. Housman (1981) i. 3 Among its nine hundred inhabitants, Woodchester contained a sizeable and influential Roman Catholic enclave.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

enclaveadj.

Forms: Also inclave.
Etymology: < French enclavé, past participle of enclaver to dovetail: see enclave n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: enˈclave.
Heraldry.
Of the border of an ordinary: Having a contour like that of a dovetail joint.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > other shapes of line or edge
crooked and sharpc1420
bevel1562
vivry1572
meslé1632
rayonné1660
enclave1661
rayonnant1725
palissé1780
mortised?1828
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. i. 8 This chiefe issuing into the sable field of darkness may properly called Inclave, breaking forth into a label of one point.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Enclave.
1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. Inclave, the same as pattée, or dovetailed.

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enˈclaved adj.
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