tribe

英 [traɪb] 美[traɪb]

近义词clan people sect culture family kind community class breed race folk group

n. 部落；族；宗族；一伙
n. (Tribe)人名；(英)特赖布

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中文词源

tribe 部落，群

来自拉丁语 tribus,部落，宗族，地区，特指古罗马城邦三个宗族集团，即现在为人们熟知的 Latins,Sabines,Etruscans.可能来自 tri-,三，-be,存在，词源同 be,phylum.或来自 PIE*treb,居住，聚居，词源同 thorp,troop.

词态变化

复数: tribes;

英文词源

tribe: tribe: [13] Tribe comes via Old French tribu from Latin tribus ‘division of the Roman people’. This was probably derived from the base *tri- ‘three’, and denoted etymologically the ‘three original tribes of Rome’ – the Tities, the Ramnes, and the Luceres. The ‘head of a tribe’ was known as a tribūnus, whence English tribune [14]; and the verb for ‘give out amongst the tribes’ was tribuere, source of English contribute [16], distribute [15], retribution [14], and tribute [14].
=> contribute, distribute, retribution, three, tribune, tribute
tribe (n.): mid-13c., "one of the twelve divisions of the ancient Hebrews," from Old French tribu or directly from Latin tribus "one of the three political/ethnic divisions of the original Roman state" (Tites, Ramnes, and Luceres, corresponding, perhaps, to the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans), later, one of the 30 political divisions instituted by Servius Tullius (increased to 35 in 241 B.C.E.), of unknown origin. Perhaps from tri- "three" + *bheue-, root of the verb be. Others connect the word with the PIE root *treb- "a dwelling" (see tavern).

In the Biblical sense, which was the original one in English, the Latin word translates Greek phyle "race or tribe of men, body of men united by ties of blood and descent, a clan" (see phylo-). Extension to modern ethnic groups or races of people is from 1590s, specifically "a division of a barbarous race of people, usually distinguishable in some way from their congeners, united into a community under a recognized head or chief" [Century Dictionary], but colloquially of any aggregate of individuals of a kind.

双语例句

1. The US Government gave the land to the tribe in perpetuity.: 美国政府将这块土地永久性划拨给该部族。

2. His intercession could be of help to the tribe.: 他的调解可能会帮上该部落的忙。

3. Few know that the tribe was just passing through.: 很少有人知道那个部族只是路过。

4. a tribe of cannibals: 食人部落

5. The tribe's development was more primitive than that of their neighbours.: 那个部落处于比邻近部落更原始的发展阶段.

英英释意

1. a social division of (usually preliterate) people

2. a federation (as of American Indians)

3. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

4. group of people related by blood or marriage

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In other words, our inner caveman is continually looking over his shoulder to see what the rest of the tribe are up to.

实用场景例句

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

He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors.: 他突然对所有的演员非常反感。

a tribe of cats: 猫族

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。

...three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe.: 300 名科萨族人

…a map of Maryland marked with the names of Indian tribes.: 标有印第安部落名称的马里兰州地图

...tribes of talented young people.: 一群群才华出众的年轻人

…the particularly unpleasant tribe who argue over the splitting of restaurant and bar bills.: 那帮为分摊吃喝账单而争吵的令人非常讨厌的家伙

Most of the land his tribe occupied was common land on which the cattle grazed together.: 他们的部落所占有的大部分土地是公用的,他们也在这里一起放牧牛群.

These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, clan by clan.: 这些城并属城的村庄就是亚设支派按着宗族所得的地业.

Every tribe has its own traditions for marking a cub's passage into adulthood.: 每个部族都有自己的办法给成年的幼仔留下印记.

There is barbarian tribe living in this forest.: 有一个“原始”部落居住在这个林区.

Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel.: 盎格鲁人是德国的一个部落,他们首次横渡了英吉利海峡.

War had broken out between the Pantoran delegation and Talz tribe.: 潘托拉代表团和塔兹部落的战争已经爆发.

Is the sac and Fox Indian tribe a wild one?: 袋与狐部落是野蛮部落吗 ?

Traditionally, children of the Bunun tribe were taught archery by their fathers.: 按照传统, 布农族的小孩由父亲来教导射箭.

The Uktena tribe is composed of animistic ( some would say primitive ) peoples from throughout the world.: TheUktena部族是由世界上的泛灵信徒 ( 有些人会说就是原始人 ) 组成的.

Surely not. It'should be the saber of tribe around North Africa or Sudan.: 可以肯定不是狗腿, 应该是北非或苏丹那一带附近部族的短刀.

The Cherokee language faced pressures both fromas official policy and from inside the tribe itself.: 由于来自于社会及部落内部等方面的压力,切罗基语的影响范围逐渐缩小.

Alcohol is ( a ) taboo in this tribe.: 在这个部落酒是禁忌品.

He saved his mother and other lions and became king of his tribe.: 他救了他的母亲和其他狮子国王,并成为他的部落.

The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.: 邻近的部落发动了一次入侵.

This is a subject tribe.: 这是个受他人统治的部落.

The young man's misdoings will tie him to the disciplines of local tribe.: 这个年轻人会因其犯的错误受到当地部落的惩罚.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.: 亚设支派有一个首领, 示罗米的儿子亚希忽.

There is a barbarian tribe living in this forest.: 有一个原始部落居住在这个林区.

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