mafia

名词 mafia:

1. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
   同义词：Maffia, Cosa Nostra
2. a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
   同义词：Maffia, Sicilian Mafia
3. any tightly knit group of trusted associates
   同义词：maffia

1. As soon as one of their members was threatened by the law, the Mafia closed ranks and gathered round him.
   黑手党中一旦有人面临法律制裁的威胁，其余的人就会一致行动，聚集起来支援他。
2. A Mafia overlord; a Mafia organization.
   黑手党大地主; 黑手党组织
3. He thinks the Mafia are out to get him.
   他意识到黑手党要来报复他。

Ma.fi.a

n.（名词）
A secret terrorist organization in Sicily, operating since the early 9th century in opposition to legal authority:
黑手党：意大利西西里的一个秘密恐怖组织，起源于9世纪早期对合法当局的反抗：
例句：
.Rome they despised, the Mafia they feared, but not to submission.(Mario Puzo)
.他们鄙视罗马，害怕黑手党，但是绝不屈服.(马里奥·普佐)

An alleged international criminal organization believed active, especially in Italy and the United States, since the late 9th century.
黑手党：被指控为跨国界际的犯罪组织，自9世纪以来在意大利和美国特别活跃
Often mafia Informal A tightly knit group of trusted associates, as of a political leader:
常作 mafia 【非正式用语】 操纵小团伙：一个互相信任的紧密团结的群体，如一个政治首领的小集团：
例句：
.[He] is one of the personal mafia that [the chancellor] brought with him to Bonn. (Christian Science Monitor)
.［他］ 是 ［总理］ 带到波恩去的同僚之一. (基督教科学箴言报)

n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
黑手党：通常用来修饰另外一个名词：
例句：
a Mafia overlord; a Mafia organization.
黑手党大地主；黑手党组织

来源：
Italian
意大利语
perhaps from dialectal mafia [bluster, boldness]
可能源自 方言 mafia [恫吓，勇敢]