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.
雙語例句
1. It might, at last, silence the small but noisy intellectual clique.
它可能最終會使這個聒噪的知識分子小圈子安靜下來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.
反動統治集團內部勾心斗角,四分五裂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Experimental results show that this algorithm is more effective in clustering than CLIQUE and SUBCLU.
實驗結果證明,與CLIQUE和 SUBCLU相比,該算法具有更好的聚類效果.
來自互聯網
4. At university, Taylor had fallen in with a small clique of literature students.
在大學里，泰勒曾經頻繁參與一個文學小團體的活動。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.