音标：['fæmәli]
n. 家庭, 家人, 族
a. 家庭的
【化】 族(周期表); 科(生物分类)
【医】 家族, 家属, 科(分类)
英汉词典
family的短语、例句：
family
n
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.
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.
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.
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.
5 (idm 习语) (put sb/be) in the family way (infml 口) (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.
family