tribe/traɪb/复数形式tribes1部落, 民族a social group united by shared ancestry, culture, or customs同义词： kinkindredkin groupkinship groupclan2族, 分类学族a taxonomic rank that comes between a subfamily and a genus, consisting of one or more genera that share certain characteristics3部落, 族a social division of (usually preliterate) people同义词： folk4部落, 联邦a federation (as of American Indians)同义词： federation of tribes