)family
home=family+house
n 1 (a) 【CGp】 group consisting of parents and their children 家; 家庭: Almost every family in the village owns a television. 村上几乎每家都有电视机. * All my family enjoy skiing. 我全家都喜欢滑雪. * 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 家庭成员及关系密切的亲戚: 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. 我们全家和所有的亲戚都来参加祖父的八十岁寿宴. (c) 【attrib 作定语】 suitable for all members of this group to enjoy together, regardless of age 适合全家大小一起欣赏的: a family film 适合全家大小一起看的电影 * family entertainment 适合全家大小一起参加的娱乐. 2 【CGp, U】 person's children 子女: Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. 代我向琼斯夫妇及其子女问好. * Do they have any family? 他们有儿女吗? * They have a large family. 他们子女很多. 3 (a) 【CGp】 all the people descended from a common ancestor 家族: Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years. 有些家族在该地区务农已达数百年. * She comes from a famous family. 她出生於名门望族. * 【attrib 作定语】 the family estate 家族的地产 * the family jewels 家传的珠宝. (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 （动植物的）科: Lions belong to the cat family. 狮子属於猫科动物. (b) group of things (eg languages) with common features and a common source 具有相同特徵和同一来源的一组事物（如语言）: the Indo-European family of languages 印欧语系. 5 (idm 习语) (put sb/be) in the family way (infml 口) (make sb/be) pregnant （使某人）怀孕的. run in the `family be a feature that keeps coming back in different generations of a family 为某家族中各代人呈现出的共有特徵; 世代相传: Red hair runs in his family. 他家族的人头发都是红色的
friendly group of close relatives 家庭圈子（关系密切的亲戚）.
family doctor
general practitioner normally consulted by a family 家庭医生.
family likeness
physical resemblance between members of a family 家庭成员间外貌的相像: This must be your brother: I can see a family likeness. 这位一定是你哥哥, 我看你们长得很像.
family man
man who has a wife and children, and enjoys home life 有妻室儿女并喜欢家庭生活的男子.
family name
surname 姓.
family planning
planning the number of children, intervals between births, etc in a family by using birth-control 计划生育.
family tree
diagram that shows the relationship between different members of a family 家谱; 家谱图.
