单词 | family |
释义 | family /'faemah; 'faemali/ n (pl -lies) 1 [C] (collective n) group of parents and children: (卖合名词) 家庭: Almost every ~ in the village has a man in the army (Note here sing v after collective n). 这村子里几乎每一家都有一男子从军(注意: 此集合名词后用单数动词)。 My ~ are early risers (Note here pl v after family - members of my family.) 我全家都是早起的人(注意: family 在此指家里的人,故其禄动词为复数)。 2 (collective n) (集合名词) person's children: 子女: He has a large ~. 他的子女很多。 Has he any ~?他有兄女吗? Tom is the eldest of the ~, the eldest child. 汤姆是最大的孩子。 3 [C] all those persons descended from a common ancestor: 家族: families that have been in Surrey for hundreds of years. 已在萨里居住数百年的各亲族。 4 [U] ancestry: 家世: a man of distinguished ~. 家世显赫的人。 5 [C] group of living things (plants, animals, etc) or of languages, with common characteristics and a common source: (动植物等的)族; 科; 系; 语系: animals of the cat ~, eg lions and tigers; 争科动物(如乡和虎); the Germanic ~ of languages (including German, Dutch, English). 日耳曼语系(包括德语、荷齿语、英语)。 6 (attrib) of or for a ~: (形容用法)家庭的; 家族的; 家庭用的: the ~ estate/jewels, etc. 家产(家中的珠宝等)。 in the ~ way, (si; of a woman) pregnant. (俚,指女子)怀孕的。 ~ doctor, a general practitioner. 家庭 (稼约)丽师。 ~ hotel, one with lower rates for families. 家庭旅馆(为家庭设的经济旅社)。 ~ likeness, resemblance between members of a ~. 家族各分子间的相似。 ' ~ man, one who is fond of home life with his ~. 喜好家庭生活的人。 ~name, surname. 姓; 氏。 ~ planning, (use of birth control, contraceptives, for) planninR the number of children, intervals between births, etc in a ~. 家庭计划; 节育; 生育控制。 ~ tree, a genealogical tree or chart. 家谱。 |
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