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tribe

noun
 
🔊/traɪb/
🔊/traɪb/
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  1.  
    (sometimes offensive) (in developing countries) a group of people of the same race, and with the same customs, language, religion, etc., living in a particular area and often having one leader known as a chief 部落
    • tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
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    • The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe.舞者都是天宝部落的成员。
    • They recruited the toughest soldiers from the desert tribes.他们从沙漠部落招募了最坚强的士兵。
    • We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe.我们和伊温部落的首领乌姆布拉谈过了
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • aboriginal
    • indigenous
    • native
    • …
    verb + tribe
    • belong to
    phrases
    • a member of a tribe
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  2. (usually disapproving) a group or class of people, especially of one profession（尤指同一职业的）一伙（人），一帮（人），一类（人）
    • He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors.他突然对所有的演员非常反感。🔊🔊
  3. (biology生物) a group of related animals or plants（动物或植物的）群，族
    • a tribe of cats猫族
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  4. (informal or humorous) a large family大群，大帮，大批（人）
    • One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe.一两个孙子孙女会去那里，但并不是所有的人。🔊🔊
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- ‘three’ and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome.