tribe

noun

/traɪb/

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(sometimes offensive) (in developing countries) a group of people of the same race, and with the same customs, language, religion, etc., living in a particular area and often having one leader known as a chief 部落
- tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest居住在亞馬孫河雨林偏遠地區的部落
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- The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe.舞蹈演員都是坦布部落的成員。
- They recruited the toughest soldiers from the desert tribes.他們從沙漠部落中招募了最強壯的士兵。
- We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe.我們和尤溫部落的首領烏姆巴拉談過了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- aboriginal
- indigenous
- native
- …
verb + tribe
- belong to
phrases
- a member of a tribe
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(usually disapproving) a group or class of people, especially of one profession（尤指同一職業的）一夥（人），一幫（人），一類（人）
- He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors.他突然對所有的演員非常反感。
(biology生物) a group of related animals or plants（動物或植物的）群，族
- a tribe of cats貓族
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(informal or humorous) a large family大群，大幫，大批（人）
- One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe.一兩個孫子孫女會去那裏，但並不是所有的人。

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.