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.
双语例句
1. It might, at last, silence the small but noisy intellectual clique.
它可能最终会使这个聒噪的知识分子小圈子安静下来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.
反动统治集团内部勾心斗角,四分五裂.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Experimental results show that this algorithm is more effective in clustering than CLIQUE and SUBCLU.
实验结果证明,与CLIQUE和 SUBCLU相比,该算法具有更好的聚类效果.
来自互联网
4. At university, Taylor had fallen in with a small clique of literature students.
在大学里，泰勒曾经频繁参与一个文学小团体的活动。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.
