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A clan is a large group of families who are all connected, often by a shared or a shared name — this word is often used for Scottish family groups, but people now use it more generally for any close, loyal group that feels like family, including a group of friends.
氏族、家族
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clannoun/klæn/
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anthropologyhuman-sciencessciencesA group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
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A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
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Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
- Holonym: nation
- Near-synonym: canton (uncommon outside of certain dialects)
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Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
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video-gamesA group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
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A group of badgers.
- if the clan of badgers next door isn't marking its boundaries
- it might support a clan of badgers willing to share, although not necessarily to compromise, their individual food security to gain the advantage of reduced food defence costs.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。