tribe
noun/traɪb/
/traɪb/
Because this word can be offensive, it is better to only use it if you are sure that the group of people is correctly referred to as a tribe. You can use the words community or people instead.传统社会中由具有相同语言、文化、宗教等的人们组成的社会群体,居住在特定地区,通常有一个领导者,称为酋长 - They were a nomadic horse-riding tribe.
他们是一个骑马的游牧部落。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2- The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe.
舞者都是 Tembu 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坚强的士兵。 - We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe.
我们采访了尤文部落的首领乌巴拉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- aboriginal
- indigenous
- native
- …
- belong to
- a member of a tribe
- They were a nomadic horse-riding tribe.
- (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
(动物或植物的)族,群 - a tribe of cats
猫族
- a tribe of cats
- (informal or humorous) a large family
一大家人 - 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.
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.