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单词 tribe
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tribe /traɪb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Anthropologya group of people descended from the same ancestor, having similar customs and traditions.
trib•al, adj. 
tri•bal•ism, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tribe (trīb),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
  2. a local division of an aboriginal people.
  3. a division of some other people.
  4. a class or type of animals, plants, articles, or the like.
  5. [Animal Husb.]a group of animals, esp. cattle, descended through the female line from a common female ancestor.
  6. [Biol.]
    • a category in the classification of organisms usually between a subfamily and a genus or sometimes between a suborder and a family.
    • any group of plants or animals.
  7. a company, group, or number of persons.
  8. a class or set of persons, esp. one with strong common traits or interests.
  9. a large family.
  10. [Rom. Hist.]
    • any one of three divisions of the people representing the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan settlements.
    • any of the later political divisions of the people.
  11. [Gk. Hist.]a phyle.
  • Latin tribus tribe, origin, originally, each of the three divisions of the Roman people; often taken as derivative of trēs three, though formation unclear
  • Middle English 1200–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tribe /traɪb/ n
  1. a social division of a people, esp of a preliterate people, defined in terms of common descent, territory, culture, etc
  2. an ethnic or ancestral division of ancient cultures, esp of one of the following any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans
  3. one of the later political divisions of the Roman people
  4. any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel, each of which was named after and believed to be descended from one of the 12 patriarchs
  5. a phyle of ancient Greece
  6. informal often jocular a large number of persons, animals, etc
  7. a specific class or group of persons
  8. a family, esp a large one
  9. a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a subfamily
  10. a strain of animals descended from a common female ancestor through the female line
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin tribus; probably related to Latin trēs three

ˈtribeless adj
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