family

名词 family:

1. a social unit living together
   同义词：household, house, home, menage
2. primary social group; parents and children
   同义词：family unit
3. people descended from a common ancestor
   同义词：family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute
   同义词：class, category
5. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
   同义词：fellowship
6. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
7. a person having kinship with another or others
   同义词：kin, kinsperson
8. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
   同义词：syndicate, crime syndicate, mob

1. 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。
2. Red hair runs in his family.
   他家族的人头发都是红色的
3. There are five people in my family.
   我家里有五口人。
4. He had to work hard to support his family.
   他不得不努力工作来养家。

fam.i.ly

n.（名词）
【复数】 fam.i.lies 缩写 fam.

A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of a man and woman and their offspring.
家庭：社会中最基本的群居组织，典型地由男人、女人和他们的后代组成
Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
同住的人：两个或更多有共同目标和价值观念的人，他们通常长期共同信任并且通常住在一起
All the members of a household under one roof.
家人：同住一家的家庭成员
A group of persons sharing common ancestry.See Usage Note at collective noun
家族：拥有同一祖先的人参见 collective noun
Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
名门：家庭，尤指闻名的家族
A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
家族：地方性的独立的罪犯组织，例如美国黑手党

A group of like things; a class.
族：一群相似的事物；一类
A group of individuals derived from a common stock:
同一类：从共同的祖先发展下来的一族：
例句：
the family of human beings.
人类的一族

Biology A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.See table at taxonomy
【生物学】 科：关于生物组织的分类的一类项，等级在族之上，在属之下。科通常由几个属组成参见 taxonomy
Linguistics A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
【语言学】 语系：从同一祖先语族传下的语言，如印欧语系
Mathematics A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
【数学】 族：通过改变一般等式的参数形成的函数或曲面
Chemistry A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
【化学】 同族：具有相近的属性的一组元素
Chemistry A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
【化学】 族：周期表中的纵行
adj.（形容词）
Of or having to do with a family:
家庭的：与家庭有关的：
例句：
family problems.
家庭问题

Being suitable for a family:
适合于全家的：
例句：
family movies.
适合全家一起看的电影

来源：
Middle English familie
中古英语 familie
from Latin familia [household, servants of a household]
源自 拉丁语 familia [家务，作家务的仆人]
from famulus [servant]
源自 famulus [仆人]