tribe
noun /traɪb/
/traɪb/
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
- The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe.
舞蹈演员都是坦布部落的成员。 - They recruited the toughest soldiers from the desert tribes.
他们从沙漠部落中招募了最强壮的士兵。 - We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe.
我们和尤温部落的首领乌姆巴拉谈过了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- aboriginal
- indigenous
- native
- …
- belong to
- a member of a tribe
- tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest
- (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。
- He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors.
- (biology
) a group of related animals or plants生物 (动物或植物的)群,族 - a tribe of cats
猫族
- a tribe of cats
- (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。
- One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe.
词源Middle 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.