family 音标拼音: [f'æməli] [f'æmli]
n . 家庭,家庭成员;民族,家族;族,科
家庭,家庭成员;民族,家族;族,科
family 家族
family 族
family n 1 :
a social unit living together ; "
he moved his family to Virginia "; "
It was a good Christian household "; "
I waited until the whole house was asleep "; "
the teacher asked how many people made up his home " [
synonym : {
family }, {
household },
{
house }, {
home }, {
menage }]
2 :
primary social group ;
parents and children ; "
he wanted to have a good job before starting a family " [
synonym : {
family },
{
family unit }]
3 :
a collection of things sharing a common attribute ; "
there are two classes of detergents " [
synonym : {
class }, {
category },
{
family }]
4 :
people descended from a common ancestor ; "
his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower " [
synonym : {
family },
{
family line }, {
folk }, {
kinfolk }, {
kinsfolk }, {
sept },
{
phratry }]
5 :
a person having kinship with another or others ; "
he '
s kin ";
"
he '
s family " [
synonym : {
kin }, {
kinsperson }, {
family }]
6 : (
biology )
a taxonomic group containing one or more genera ;
"
sharks belong to the fish family "
7 :
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities [
synonym : {
syndicate }, {
crime syndicate },
{
mob }, {
family }]
8 :
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities ; "
the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family "; "
the church welcomed new members into its fellowship " [
synonym : {
family },
{
fellowship }]
natural family \
nat "
u *
ral fam "
i *
ly \,
n . (
Biol .)
a group of living organisms classed as a {
family }
in a toxonomic classification .
[
PJC ]
Family \
Fam "
i *
ly \,
n .;
pl . {
Families }. [
L .
familia ,
fr .
famulus servant ;
akin to Oscan famel servant ,
cf .
faamat he dwells ,
Skr .
dh [=
a ]
man house ,
fr .
dh [=
a ]
to set ,
make ,
do :
cf .
F .
famille .
Cf . {
Do },
v .
t ., {
Doom }, {
Fact }, {
Feat }.]
1 .
The collective body of persons who live in one house ,
and under one head or manager ;
a household ,
including parents ,
children ,
and servants ,
and ,
as the case may be ,
lodgers or boarders .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children ,
constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society .
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1913 Webster ]
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society . --
H .
Spencer .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Those who descend from one common progenitor ;
a tribe ,
clan ,
or race ;
kindred ;
house ;
as ,
the human family ;
the family of Abraham ;
the father of a family .
[
1913 Webster ]
Go !
and pretend your family is young . --
Pope .
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4 .
Course of descent ;
genealogy ;
line of ancestors ;
lineage .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
Honorable descent ;
noble or respectable stock ;
as ,
a man of family .
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6 .
A group of kindred or closely related individuals ;
as ,
a family of languages ;
a family of States ;
the chlorine family .
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7 . (
Biol .)
A group of organisms ,
either animal or vegetable ,
related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development ,
more comprehensive than a genus ,
because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness .
In Zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order ;
in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Family circle }.
See under {
Circle }.
{
Family man }.
(
a )
A man who has a family ;
esp .,
one who has a wife and children living with him and dependent upon him .
(
b )
A man of domestic habits . "
The Jews are generally ,
when married ,
most exemplary family men ." --
Mayhew .
{
Family of curves }
or {
Family of surfaces } (
Geom .),
a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation .
{
In a family way },
like one belonging to the family . "
Why don '
t we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way ,
and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks ?"
--
Thackeray .
{
In the family way },
pregnant . [
Colloq .
euphemism ]
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1913 Webster ]
199 Moby Thesaurus words for "
family ":
affiliation ,
agnate ,
ancestors ,
ancestry ,
animal kingdom ,
antonomasia ,
apparentation ,
ashram ,
binomial nomenclature ,
biosystematics ,
biosystematy ,
biotype ,
birth ,
blood ,
blood relation ,
blood relative ,
bloodline ,
body ,
branch ,
breed ,
brood ,
caste ,
children ,
clan ,
clannish ,
clansman ,
class ,
classification ,
cognate ,
collateral ,
collateral relative ,
colony ,
common ancestry ,
commonwealth ,
commune ,
community ,
connections ,
consanguinean ,
consanguinity ,
deme ,
derivation ,
descendants ,
descent ,
diphyletic ,
direct ,
direct line ,
distaff side ,
distant relation ,
division ,
dynasty ,
economic class ,
enate ,
endogamous group ,
ethnic ,
extended family ,
extraction ,
family tree ,
female line ,
filiation ,
flesh ,
flesh and blood ,
folk ,
folks ,
forebears ,
forefathers ,
fruit ,
genealogical ,
genealogy ,
genetic ,
genotype ,
genre ,
gens ,
gentile ,
gentilic ,
genus ,
german ,
get ,
glossology ,
grandchildren ,
great -
grandchildren ,
group ,
hearth ,
heirs ,
home ,
homefolks ,
hostages to fortune ,
house ,
household ,
inheritors ,
issue ,
kids ,
kin ,
kind ,
kindred ,
kinfolk ,
kingdom ,
kinnery ,
kinsfolk ,
kinship group ,
kinsman ,
kinsmen ,
kinswoman ,
kith and kin ,
line ,
line of descent ,
lineage ,
lineal ,
little ones ,
male line ,
matriclan ,
menage ,
moiety ,
nation ,
national ,
near relation ,
new generation ,
next of kin ,
nomenclature ,
nuclear family ,
offspring ,
onomastics ,
onomatology ,
order ,
orismology ,
parentage ,
patriclan ,
pedigree ,
people ,
phratria ,
phratry ,
phyle ,
phyletic ,
phylogenetic ,
phylum ,
place -
names ,
place -
naming ,
plant kingdom ,
polyonymy ,
posterity ,
progenitors ,
progeny ,
race ,
racial ,
relations ,
relatives ,
rising generation ,
section ,
seed ,
sept ,
series ,
set ,
settlement ,
sib ,
sibling ,
side ,
social class ,
society ,
sons ,
spear kin ,
spear side ,
species ,
spindle kin ,
spindle side ,
stem ,
stirp ,
stirps ,
stock ,
strain ,
subcaste ,
subclass ,
subdivision ,
subfamily ,
subgenus ,
subkingdom ,
suborder ,
subspecies ,
subtribe ,
succession ,
superclass ,
superfamily ,
superorder ,
superspecies ,
sword side ,
systematics ,
taxonomy ,
terminology ,
toponymy ,
totem ,
totemic ,
treasures ,
tribal ,
tribe ,
tribesman ,
trinomialism ,
type ,
uterine kin ,
variety ,
younglings ,
youngsters FAMILY ,
domestic relations .
In a limited sense it signifies the father ,
mother ,
and children .
In a more extensive sense it comprehends all the individuals who live under the authority of another ,
and includes the servants of the family .
It is also employed to signify all the relations who descend from a common ancestor ,
or who spring from a common root .
Louis .
Code ,
art .
3522 ,
No .
16 ;
9 Ves .
323 .
2 .
In the construction of wills ,
the word family ,
when applied to personal property is synonymous with kindred ,
or relations .
It may ,
nevertheless ,
be confined to particular relations by the context of the will ,
or may be enlarged by it ,
so that the expression may in some cases mean children ,
or next of kin ,
and in others ,
may even include relations by marriage .
1 Rop .
on Leg .
115 1 Hov .
Supp .
365 ,
notes ,
6 and 7 ;
Brown v .
Higgs ;
4 Ves .
708 ;
2 Ves .
jr .
110 ;
3 East ,
Rep .
172 5 Ves .
156 1 ,
7 Ves .
255 S .
126 .
Vide article Legatee .
See Dig .
lib .
50 ,
t .
16 ,
1 .
195 ,
s .
2 .
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