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.
   所有的高級工程師組成了他們自己的小團體。
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，血系間的復仇由殺戳引起的并通過以牙還牙的報復行為而持續(xù)不斷的兩個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)期間來他們這里住。
4. There are many clans in European countries.
   歐洲國家有很多黨派。

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)社會單位，由若干自認是同一祖先的后代和追溯同一世襲族長的家庭組成
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大群體

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