family

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #271 ★★★★★

n. 家庭, 家人, 族 a. 家庭的

发音

UK /ˈfæ.m(ɪ.)li/
US /ˈfæ.m(ə )li/
US /ˈfæ.mɪ.li/
/ˈfeə̯.m(ə.)li/
/ˈfɛə̯.m(ə.)li/
NZ /ˈfɛ.m(ɘ.)li/

词形变化

families 复数 families

别名

fam Fam. fam'ly famly FORM SOFFA Fx

教材释义与例句

名词

家庭;亲属;家族;子女;[生]科;语族;[化]族

a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, a father, and their children

形容词

家庭的;家族的;适合于全家的

You can use family to describe things that belong to a particular family

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

    家庭

    家族

    可数 不可数

    Our family lives in town.

  2. 2.

    An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.

    可数 不可数

    The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.

    We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!

  4. 4.

    Members of one's family collectively.

    不可数 可数

    I have a lot of family in Australia.

    He has a sister, but no other family.

  5. 5.

    A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

    家族

    可数 不可数

    crime family, Mafia family

    This is my fraternity family at the university.

    Our company is one big happy family.

  6. 6.

    A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

    The gay community.

    俚语 不可数 可数
  7. 7.

    Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.

    不可数 可数
  8. 8.

    Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

    可数 不可数

    Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.

  9. 9.

    Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

    A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

    可数 不可数 生物

    Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.

  10. 10.

    Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

    A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.

    可数 数学 不可数

    Let #92;mathcalF be a family of subsets over S.

  11. 11.

    Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

    A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.

    可数 不可数 音乐

    the brass family; the violin family

  12. 12.

    Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

    A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.

    语系

    可数 不可数 语言学

    the Indo-European family

    the Afroasiatic family

adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Suitable for children and adults.

    It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.

    Some animated movies are not just for kids, they are family movies.

    This is a family restaurant, stop making out!

  2. 2.

    Homosexual.

    俚语

    I knew he was family when I first met him.

词汇关系

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词源

From Late Middle English famylye, from Latin familia (“a household”). Displaced native Old English hīred. Doublet of familia.

来源:wiktionary