(1) 家，家庭(属，人) (parents and their children and their close relatives) [C，Gp]：His～lives in Paris/is popular in the district. 他家住在巴黎/他这一家人在本区颇孚众望。The (members of the) Simpson～work in New York/are very athletic. 辛普森一家(人)在纽约工作/体格都很健壮。All my～are fond of playing golf. 我们全家人都喜欢打高尔夫球。a musical～音乐之家;the Royal F～王室;houses built for～ies 为家庭建设的住宅;a～reunion/likeness 家人团聚/家人之间的相似;～ties/name/origin 家庭关系/姓氏/出身;

(2) 属于(适合)家庭的(of or for a family) [C，Gp] [作 attrib]：～car 家用轿车;

(3) 子女，孩子(children of the same parents) [C，Gp;U，a～]：Do you have any～? 你有子女吗? He doesn't want to have a～before he gets his degree. 在获得学位之前他不想要孩子。cannot afford to have a large～养不起太多的孩子;have quite a～有很多孩子;bring up a～抚养子女;a～of five 有五个孩子的家庭;the eldest/the youngest/the third of the～家里最大/最小/行三的孩子;

(4) 氏(家)族;家世(系) (group of people related by blood or descended from the same ancestor) [C，Gp]：an ancient and respectable～一个古老而有名望的家族;come from a poor/a famous～出身于贫困的家庭/名门望族;～tree/estate 家谱/家族产业;a man of good～家世很好的人;〖同〗 house，line，breed，tribe，race，blood;

(5) (动物、植物、语言等的)科(系，族) (group of animals，plants，languages，etc that are connected in some way) [C]：Dogs and wolves/sunflowers and marigolds belong to/are members of the same～. 犬与狼/向日葵与金盏花同属一科。the Indo-European～of language 印欧语系;〖同〗 group，division，class，classification，kind，order，set;

in a/the family way 怀孕：His wife is in the～way. 他妻子怀孕了。

run in a family 世代相传：Blue eyes run in their～. 蓝眼睛在他们家族代代相传。

start a family 开始要(第一个)孩子：When are you going to start a～? 你们什么时候要孩子?

【说明】 family 为集合名词，作主语时谓语动词数的使用参见AUDIENCE。