【串】father and mother I love you.這句話中的每前一個字母組成 family
【記】※ family-家庭、家族 famine-饑荒:舊社會遇到饑荒,全家人吃不上飯
※ fa-拼音“發”,mi-拼音“米”,ly-拼音“老爺”:老爺給每個家庭里發米
※ fa-拼音“發”,mi-拼音“咪”,ly-拼音“老外”:發現咪咪家有個老外在作客
family
n
1
(a) [CGp] group consisting of parents and their children 家; 家庭
Almost every family in the village owns a television. 村上幾乎每家都有電視機.
All my family enjoy skiing. 我全家都喜歡滑雪.
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 家庭成員及關系密切的親戚
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. 我們全家和所有的親戚都來參加祖父的八十歲壽宴.
(c) [attrib 作定語]
suitable for all members of this group to enjoy together, regardless of age 適合全家大小一起欣賞的
a family film 適合全家大小一起看的電影
family entertainment 適合全家大小一起參加的娛樂.
2 [CGp, U] person's children 子女
Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. 代我向瓊斯夫婦及其子女問好.
Do they have any family? 他們有兒女嗎?
They have a large family. 他們子女很多.
3
(a) [CGp] all the people descended from a common ancestor 家族
Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years. 有些家族在該地區務農已達數百年.
She comes from a famous family. 她出生於名門望族.
[attrib 作定語]
the family estate 家族的地產
the family jewels 家傳的珠寶.
(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 (動植物的)科
Lions belong to the cat family. 獅子屬於貓科動物. Cf 參看 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來源的一組事物(如語言)
the Indo-European family of languages 印歐語系.
5 (idm 習語) (put sb/be) in the family way (infml 口) (make sb/be) pregnant (使某人)懷孕的. run in the `family be a feature that keeps coming back in different generations of a family 為某家族中各代人呈現出的共有特徵; 世代相傳
Red hair runs in his family. 他家族的人頭發都是紅色的. start a family => start2.
?? 考研助記
音“發米粒”: 家庭吃飯又叫“發米粒 father and mother I love you家庭就是爸爸媽媽我愛你