| 单词 | tribe |
| 释义 | tribe (once / 97 pages) 1n 2n A tribe is a traditional social group of people. Most tribes have existed much longer than existing states and countries. Tribes follow rules and traditions that aren't connected to modern-day governments or mainstream societies. Indigenous people of North America lived (and many continue to live) in tribes, although the word itself is controversial — many of their members prefer the terms nation or ethnic group instead. Sometimes tribe is used to simply mean "family" or "clan," or even a large group: "A tribe of college students roamed the streets." WORD FAMILYtribe: tribal, tribes+/detribalise: detribalisation/detribalize: detribalization, detribalized, detribalizing/tribal: detribalise, detribalize, intertribal, tribalisation, tribalism, tribalization, tribally/tribalism: tribalisms USAGE EXAMPLESThe bear-claw shaped ring of mountain peaks that form the caldera also is culturally significant to neighboring Native American tribes. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) This year’s event attracted about 3,000 dancers from hundreds of tribes in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) But the move was commended by many, including environmental groups and Native American tribes whose ancestors lived in the region. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a social division of (usually preliterate) people Syn|Hypo|Hyper folk phyle a tribe of ancient Athenians social group people sharing some social relation 2n a federation (as of American Indians) Syn|Hyper federation of tribes nation a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) 3n group of people related by blood or marriage 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group Bronte sisters a 19th century family of three sisters who all wrote novels Marx Brothersa family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor mishpachah, mishpocha (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) family, family unitprimary social group; parents and children folksyour parents family tree, genealogysuccessive generations of kin totema clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israeltwelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob couple, match, matesa pair of people who live together man and wife, marriage, married coupletwo people who are married to each other ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stockthe descendants of one individual Lost Tribesthe ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) social group people sharing some social relation n (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily Hypo|Hyper Bovini, tribe Bovini term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseaebamboos taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group animal or plant group having natural relations |
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