名詞 clan:

1. group of people related by blood or marriage
   同義詞：kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, tribe

1. All the higher- grade engineer have forme a little clan of their own.
   所有的高級(jí)工程師組成了他們自己的小團(tuán)體。
2. A feud between two families or clans that arises out of a slaying and is perpetuated by retaliatory acts of revenge; a blood feud.
   族間血仇，血系間的復(fù)仇由殺戳引起的并通過(guò)以牙還牙的報(bào)復(fù)行為而持續(xù)不斷的兩個(gè)家族或宗族之間的世仇; 血仇
3. The whole clan is coming to stay with them at Christmas.
   他們那一大幫親戚要在圣誕節(jié)期間來(lái)他們這里住。
4. There are many clans in European countries.
   歐洲國(guó)家有很多黨派。

clan

n.（名詞）
A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.
宗族：蘇格蘭高地的傳統(tǒng)社會(huì)單位，由若干自認(rèn)是同一祖先的后代和追溯同一世襲族長(zhǎng)的家庭組成
A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.
部族：可追溯到同一祖先的部落的一個(gè)分支
A large group of relatives, friends, or associates.
家族：由親戚、朋友或同事組成的一個(gè)大群體

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Scottish Gaelic clann [family]
源自 蘇格蘭的蓋爾語(yǔ) clann [家庭]
from Old Irish cland [offspring]
源自 古愛(ài)爾蘭語(yǔ) cland [后代]
from Latin planta [plant, sprout] * see plat-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) planta [植物，苗] *參見(jiàn) plat-