Clan是英語名詞，發音為英[klæn]/美[klæn]，複數形式為clans，基本釋義涵蓋宗族、氏族、大家族及利益集團等群體概念。作為人名時特指“克蘭”姓氏。
該詞的核心語義分為兩類：傳統層面指通過血緣或婚姻聯結的親屬單位（如蘇格蘭高地氏族），現代語境可延伸至具有共同目標的團體或幫派。柯林斯詞典將其定義為六級及專業四級辭彙，強調其雙重屬性——既描述家族結構，也用於非正式利益集團。在法律領域特指“宗族”含義，學術語境中常涉及人類學和政治史研究。
詞源可追溯至蓋爾語“clann”，原指蘇格蘭及愛爾蘭地區的親屬社群。隨著語言演變，其套用範圍從傳統氏族擴展至更廣泛的社會組織，反映了群體聯結方式從血緣主導向多元利益共享的轉變。
基本介紹
- 外文名：clan
- 詞性：名詞
- 英式音標：[klæn]
- 美式音標：[klæn]
單詞釋義,單詞用法,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [klæn] 美 [klæn]
n. 宗族，氏族；<非正式>大家庭，大家族；<非正式>集團，幫派
【名】 （Clan）（英）克蘭（人名）
[ 複數 clans ]
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
clan /klæn/ CET6 TEM4
1.N-COUNT A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other. 家族
2.N-COUNT You can refer to a group of people with the same interests as a clan. 幫派 [非正式]
雙語例句
- Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud. 每個家庭都有自己的仇怨；每個氏族都有自己的世仇。
- To deal with the rabbit problem, settlers introduced stoats — a member of the weasel clan and a terrific predator. 為了應對兔子的問題，定居者們引進了白鼬。 白鼬是黃鼠狼家族的一員——也是一個恐怖的掠食者。
- A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. 一件能在一千五百碼開外精準殺傷的武器，為每一個能獲得它的家庭或部族帶來了一幅全新的歡樂景象。
- Everyone living inside would have the same surname, except for those who had married into the clan. 住在裡面的每個人都有相同的姓氏，除了那些嫁入這個家族的人。
- Rather than merely a sign, it is the root from which we can trace back to our ancestor, the tie that helps bind us to other members of the same clan, the dignity most people hope to live for. 它不僅僅是一種標誌，更是我們可以追溯到祖先的根源，是將我們與同族其他成員聯繫在一起的紐帶，是大多數人希望為之而活的尊嚴。
- His father belonged to the Lakhmid clan of seminomads who lived east of the Euphrates. 他的父親屬於居住在幼發拉底河以東的半遊牧民族拉赫密德氏族。
- Durian clan refers to ill-tempered co-workers who have been working for many years and are emotionally prickly. 榴槤族，是對職場中有一定工作資歷，但脾氣像榴槤一樣又臭又硬的同事。
- She ranks as my junior in the clan. 她的輩分比我小。《新英漢大辭典》
- A day later, a clan leader was shot dead. 一天后，一個部落首領被槍殺。
- This clan was potlatched by a neighbouring clan. 這個部落被鄰近部落舉行的炫財冬宴所壓倒。
- That's how the clan knew Zuleika had found you. 這就是為什麼整個家族知道奈提莉已經找到了你。
- Some clan loyalists are said to have voted 20 times. 一些部族忠誠者據稱投了20次票。
- Of the rest of the Gaddafi clan there was little news. 卡扎菲家族的其他人鮮有新聞。
- The sixth lot came out for Naphtali, clan by clan. 為拿弗他利人，按著宗族，拈出第六鬮。
- The fourth lot came out for Issachar, clan by clan. 為以薩迦人，按著宗族，拈出第四鬮。
- So he went instead to Scotland and there founded our clan. 所以他轉而來到了蘇格蘭，創立了我們氏族。
- They were taken to Kagoshima,seat of the Satsuma clan. 他們被帶到了薩摩藩的領地鹿兒島。
- For that reason he refuses to say which clan he hails from. 也正是因為這樣，他不願意說起自己來自哪個族群。
- The whole clan is coming to stay with them at Christmas. 他們那一大幫親戚要在聖誕節期間來他們這裡住。
- Tsu 'tey gestures assent, and they face the clan together. 蘇泰表示同意，然後他們一起面向族人們。
- The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher, clan by clan. 為亞設支派，按著宗族，拈出第五鬮。
- This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan. 以下是猶大支派按著宗族所得的產業。
- The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon, clan by clan. 為西緬支派的人，按著宗族，拈出第二鬮。
- This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan. 摩西按著流便支派的宗族分給他們產業。
- The tribe that the LORD takes shall come forward clan by clan; 耶和華所取的支派，要按著宗族近前來;
- This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, clan by clan. 摩西按著迦得支派的宗族分給他們產業。
- What do you think about those members of the motorcycle racing clan? 你對那些飆車族成員有什麼看法？
- This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, clan by clan. 這是西緬支派按著宗族所得的地業。
