Claque : a group of persons hired to applaud at a performance .

捧场者：演出时雇来鼓掌的一帮人。

Are those your friends ? You brought along a claque ?

他们是你的朋友吗？你有支持者

On a visit to time inc. 's new-media facility he answered questions from a collection of magazine editors as if by rote but on his way out he asked to see the internet servers and spent 45 minutes grilling the claque of awed techies there .

参观时代公司新的媒体设施时，他非常程序性地回答了许多杂志编辑的提问，但是在出去的时候他请求看下互联网服务器，并花了45分钟在那里向惊讶的技师们提问。