chieftains

英 [ˈtʃiːftənz]

美 [ˈtʃiftənz]

n.  首领; 酋长; (苏格兰的)族长
chieftain的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 酋长;部落首领
  Achieftainis the leader of a tribe.
  1. ...the legendary British chieftain, King Arthur.
     传说中的不列颠部落首领——亚瑟王

双语例句

• We find among some peoples that the older men, the chieftains and the magician-priests, exploit the community of wives and monopolize most of the women for themselves;
  有些民族中，还有这种情形，即男性长者酋长和巫师，利用共妻制来达到自己的目的，自己独占大多数妇女；
• Clans are ruled by clan chieftains, or warlords, and a council of females, called matrons.
  每个氏族由族长或军阀率领，辅以有声望的年长妇女组成的议会。
• 10. The right to elect chieftains and to depose them.
  10·选举和撤换酋长的权利。
• As recorded in historical literature, when the ancient sovereign Yao was head of the tribal confederation, the chieftains unanimously agreed that Shun should be his successor.
  古代文献上说，尧为部落联盟领袖时，各部落首领共同推举舜为尧的继承人。
• As early as the 13th century, when the chieftains gathered for meetings, they would hold the Nadam Fair.
  远在十三世纪初，蒙古族的首领们每当举行大聚会时都要举行规模较大的那达慕。
• Because of the barbaric ethnic groups 'geopolitical predominance, the chieftains waver between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which make them enlarge their influence and maintain their independent or semi-independent status.
  藉此地缘政治优势，蛮酋游移于南北之间，积极扩大本部族的势力和影响，以保持本部族独立或半独立的地位。
• Strictly speaking, the real Roman dynasty started from the Etruscan conquest. The Latin kings or the indigenous kings before then were in fact only heads of the clan coalition or chieftains.
  认为真正的罗马王政实际上应始于埃特鲁斯征服，此前的拉丁王或本土王只不过是氏族联盟首领或部落首领。
• Yumu Village used to be the military fortress of a chieftain, in an era when chieftains in different villages waged war against each other to expand their territory.
  鱼木寨在古代一直是土司军事要塞，而盘踞在各个山寨的土司们为扩大领地，相互征战。
• After Hannah's death, Flatley eventually joined The Chieftains, a traditional Irish band, and danced on stages across the world.
  汉娜去世后，弗拉特利终于进入了一个传统爱尔兰乐团首领乐团，并在全世界巡回登台演出。
• Indian Heroes& Great Chieftains
  印地安人的英雄和杰出的酋长