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fam·i·ly

family

 
 
pronunciation:
fae mih li [or] faem li
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part of speech: noun
inflections: families
definition 1: a group made up of a parent or parents and their children.
家庭
I am the youngest girl in our family, but I have a younger brother.我是我们家中最小的女孩,但是我有个弟弟。
 
synonyms:
folk
similar words:
clan, house, household, kin
definition 2: all those related by blood or marriage.
家族, 家人
He could trace his family back over two hundred years.We will visit family on Thanksgiving.他可以将他的家族追溯到两百年前。我们将在感恩节去看我们的家人。
 
synonyms:
kin, people, relations
similar words:
ancestors, clan, descendants, folk, offspring, relatives
definition 3: any group living together as if they were related by blood.
家人
At college, my friends became my family.在大学,我的朋友成为了我的家人。
synonyms:
house, household
similar words:
clan, folk, people
definition 4: any group of things related in what they look like, do, or where they come from.
French, Spanish, and Italian are all part of the same family of languages.法语、西班牙语和意大利语都是同一个语系的 一部分。
synonyms:
category, class, genus, group
similar words:
kind, order, type
definition 5: a group of living things that are related to each other.
Lions and tigers are members of the cat family.狮子和老虎都是猫科动物成员。
 
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