tribe

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
    — the Twelve Tribes of Israel; Germanic tribes; Celtic tribes
  2. A tribal nation or people.
    — This leaves for consideration of this group of small tribes, or subtribes, so far as mapped by the writer quoted, the Teule, Cazcan, and Tecuexe.
  3. A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America. derogatory,informal
  4. A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
    — Near-synonyms: nation; ingroup
  5. A class or group of things.
    — In 1968, estimates of the number of active reprint publishers ranged from about 20 to 100 publishers. The fact that almost 300 U.S. reprint publishers have been identified is evidence that the reprint tribe continues to increase.
  6. A group of apes who live and work together.
  7. A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
    — The tempo of evolution in South American hamsters was very rapid – in the course of the Pliocene and Anthropocene 40 genera were formed here, at which time a series of them attained the level of tribe and subtribe (Oxymycteri, Phyllotiini, Ichthyomyini).
  8. A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
  9. The collective noun for various animals.
  10. A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
    — the Duchess tribe of shorthorns
动词 v.
  1. To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize. transitive
    — 1696-1699, William Nicolson, English Historical Library Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.

词形变化

tribes plural tribes present,singular,third-person tribing participle,present tribed participle,past tribed past

词汇关系

近义词
tribus
衍生词
criminal tribe Delaware Tribe of Indians Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Grey Tribe hilltribe intertribe member of the tribe subtribe supertribe tribal tribalism tribalist tribalistic tribality tribally tribehood tribeless tribelet tribelike tribemate tribeship tribesman tribesmember tribespeople tribesperson tribeswoman undertribe your vibe attracts your tribe

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus. Doublet of tribus.
词源 2
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus. Doublet of tribus.
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