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family/ˈfæmili, -m(ə)l-/n. (pl. -ies) 1 a set of parents and children, or of relations, living together or not 家，家庭 2a the members of a household, esp. parents and their children 家庭成员(尤指父母及其子女) b a person's children 子女 c (作 attrib.) serving the needs of families 为家庭服务的 family butcher 为家庭提供肉食的家庭肉商 3a all the descendants of a common ancestor; a house, a lineage 家族；氏族 b a race or group of peoples from a common stock 人种；种族；民族 4 all the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group 语族 5 a group of persons or nations united by political or religious ties (政治或宗教方面的)派，派别；学派 6 a group of objects distinguished by common features (有共同特征的)一组东西 7 Math. a group of curves etc. obtained by varying one quantity 【数】曲线族，一族曲线 8 Biol. a group of related genera of organisms within an order in taxonomic classification 【生】(动植物的)科 □ in the family way colloq. pregnant [口]怀孕 [Middle English from Latin familia ‘household’, from famulus ‘servant’] |