family

family
(pl. -ies)
  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
    家人；家族
    friends and family can provide support.
    朋友和家人都能够给予帮助。
    ■the children of a person or couple being discussed
    子女，孩子
    she has the sole responsibility for a large family.
    她要单独抚养一大群子女。
    ■[mass noun]a person or people related to one and so to be treated with a special loyalty or intimacy
    家属；亲戚，亲人
    I could not turn him away, for he was family.
    我不能赶走他，因为他是自家人。
    ■a group of people united in criminal activity
    犯罪团伙
    ■(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组物体
    ■(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
    民族；家族
    the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years.
    这所房子为同一家族所有已达300年。
    ■a race or group of peoples from a common stock
    宗族
adjective
  1. [attrib.]designed to be suitable for children as well as adults
    老少咸宜的
    a family newspaper.
    家庭生活报。
常用词组
the (或 one's) family jewels
  1. (informal)a man's genitals
    (非正式)男性外生殖器
in the family way
  1. (informal)pregnant
    (非正式)怀孕的
语源
  1. 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'
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