clan

1. N-COUNT A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other. 家族

...rival clans. …敵對(duì)家族。

2. N-COUNT You can refer to a group of people with the same interests as a clan. 幫派[非正式]

...a powerful clan of industrialists from Monterrey. …有權(quán)勢(shì)的一幫來(lái)自於矇特雷的實(shí)業(yè)家們。