1711, "a party of persons; a small set, especially one associating for exclusivity," from obsolete French clique, originally (14c.) "a sharp noise," also "latch, bolt of a door," from Old French cliquer "click, clatter, crackle, clink," 13c., echoic. Apparently this word was at one time treated in French as the equivalent of claque (q.v.) and partook of that word's theatrical sense.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. It might, at last, silence the small but noisy intellectual clique.
它可能最終會(huì)使這個(gè)聒噪的知識(shí)分子小圈子安靜下來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.
反動(dòng)統(tǒng)治集團(tuán)內(nèi)部勾心斗角,四分五裂.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Experimental results show that this algorithm is more effective in clustering than CLIQUE and SUBCLU.