family
简单释义
英 [ˈfamɪli]美 [ˈfæm(ə)li]
n.
家，家庭；（有共同祖先的）家族
adj.
老少咸宜的
详细释义
n.
1
[treated as sing. or pl.]a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit
家，家庭。
a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage
家属；亲属
friends and family can provide support.
朋友和家属可提供帮助。
the children of a person or couple being discussed
子女
she has the sole responsibility for a large family.
她要单独承担抚养一大群子女的责任。
[mass noun]a person or people related to one and so to be treated with a special loyalty or intimacy
派别
I could not turn him away, for he was family.
我不能把他拒之门外，因为他和我是一派的。
a group of people united in criminal activity
犯罪团伙；犯罪家族。
Biology a principal taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below order, usually ending in -idae (in zoology) or -aceae (in botany)
【生】 科。
a group of objects united by a significant shared characteristic
（具有明显共同特征的）一类东西。
Mathematics a group of curves or surfaces obtained by varying the value of a constant in the equation generating them
【数】 族。
2
all the descendants of a common ancestor
（有共同祖先的）家族
the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years.
这所房子300年来一直为同一家族所拥有。
a race or group of peoples from a common stock
氏族。
all the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group
语族
the Austronesian language family.
南岛语族。
adj.
1
designed to be suitable for children as well as adults
老少咸宜的
a family newspaper.
成年人和未成年人都可以看的报纸。
短语
the （或one's） family jewels informal a man's genitals 〈非正式〉 男性生殖器。
in the family way informal pregnant〈非正式〉 怀孕的。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2; also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, household, family', from famulus ‘servant’.