搜尋結果
tribe
- IPA[trʌɪb]
英式
- a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader;(in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five.
noun: tribe, plural noun: tribes
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader indigenous Indian tribes 同義詞
- ▪ (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five.
- ▪ derogatory a distinctive or close-knit group she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe brands are adopted by a tribe of users 同義詞
- ▪ informal a large number of people tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses
- 2. a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).