| [/ˈfæməlɪ; ˋfæməlɪ/] n 用法:
1 (a) [CGp] group consisting of parents and their children 家; 家庭:
Almost every family in the village owns a television. 村上几乎每家都有电视机. *
All my family enjoy skiing. 我全家都喜欢滑雪. *
He's a friend of the family, ie is known and liked by the parents and their children. 他是那家的朋友.
(b) [CGp] group consisting of parents, their children and close relatives 家庭成员及关系密切的亲戚:
the Royal Family, ie the children and close relatives of the Sovereign 王室 *
All our family came to our grandfather's eightieth birthday party. 我们全家和所有的亲戚都来参加祖父的八十岁寿宴.
(C) [attrib 作定语] suitable for all members of this group to enjoy together, regardless of age 适合全家大小一起欣赏的:
a family film 适合全家大小一起看的电影 *
family entertainment 适合全家大小一起参加的娱乐. 用法:
2 [CGp, U] person's children 子女:
Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. 代我向琼斯夫妇及其子女问好. *
Do they have any family? 他们有儿女吗? *
They have a large family. 他们子女很多. 用法:
3 (a) [CGp] all the people descended from a common ancestor 家族:
Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years. 有些家族在该地区务农已达数百年. *
She comes from a famous family. 她出生於名门望族. *
[attrib 作定语] the family estate 家族的地产 *
the family jewels 家传的珠宝.
(b) [U] ancestry 家世; 世系:
a man of good family 家世很好的人. 用法:
4 [C] (a) group of related genera of animals or plants （动植物的）科:
Lions belong to the cat family. 狮子属於猫科动物. Cf 参看 phylum, class 7, order1 9, genus 1, species 1.
(b) group of things (eg languages) with common features and a common source 具有相同特徵和同一来源的一组事物（如语言）:
the Indo-European family of languages 印欧语系. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) (put sb/be) in the family way (infml) (make sb/be) pregnant （使某人）怀孕的. run in the `family be a feature that keeps coming back in different generations of a family 为某家族中各代人呈现出的共有特徵; 世代相传:
Red hair runs in his family. 他家族的人头发都是红色的. start a family => start2. |