名詞 family:

1. a social unit living together
   同義詞：household, house, home, menage
2. primary social group; parents and children
   同義詞：family unit
3. people descended from a common ancestor
   同義詞：family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute
   同義詞：class, category
5. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
   同義詞：fellowship
6. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
7. a person having kinship with another or others
   同義詞：kin, kinsperson
8. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
   同義詞：syndicate, crime syndicate, mob

1. Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.
   有些家族在該地區(qū)務(wù)農(nóng)已達(dá)數(shù)百年。
2. Red hair runs in his family.
   他家族的人頭發(fā)都是紅色的
3. There are five people in my family.
   我家里有五口人。
4. He had to work hard to support his family.
   他不得不努力工作來(lái)養(yǎng)家。

fam.i.ly

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 fam.i.lies 縮寫(xiě) fam.

A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of a man and woman and their offspring.
家庭：社會(huì)中最基本的群居組織，典型地由男人、女人和他們的后代組成
Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
同住的人：兩個(gè)或更多有共同目標(biāo)和價(jià)值觀念的人，他們通常長(zhǎng)期共同信任并且通常住在一起
All the members of a household under one roof.
家人：同住一家的家庭成員
A group of persons sharing common ancestry.See Usage Note at collective noun
家族：擁有同一祖先的人參見(jiàn) collective noun
Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
名門(mén)：家庭，尤指聞名的家族
A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
家族：地方性的獨(dú)立的罪犯組織，例如美國(guó)黑手黨

A group of like things; a class.
族：一群相似的事物；一類(lèi)
A group of individuals derived from a common stock:
同一類(lèi)：從共同的祖先發(fā)展下來(lái)的一族：
例句：
the family of human beings.
人類(lèi)的一族

Biology A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.See table at taxonomy
【生物學(xué)】 科：關(guān)于生物組織的分類(lèi)的一類(lèi)項(xiàng)，等級(jí)在族之上，在屬之下?？仆ǔＳ蓭讉€(gè)屬組成參見(jiàn) taxonomy
Linguistics A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
【語(yǔ)言學(xué)】 語(yǔ)系：從同一祖先語(yǔ)族傳下的語(yǔ)言，如印歐語(yǔ)系
Mathematics A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
【數(shù)學(xué)】 族：通過(guò)改變一般等式的參數(shù)形成的函數(shù)或曲面
Chemistry A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
【化學(xué)】 同族：具有相近的屬性的一組元素
Chemistry A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
【化學(xué)】 族：周期表中的縱行
adj.（形容詞）
Of or having to do with a family:
家庭的：與家庭有關(guān)的：
例句：
family problems.
家庭問(wèn)題

Being suitable for a family:
適合于全家的：
例句：
family movies.
適合全家一起看的電影

來(lái)源：
Middle English familie
中古英語(yǔ) familie
from Latin familia [household, servants of a household]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) familia [家務(wù)，作家務(wù)的仆人]
from famulus [servant]
源自 famulus [仆人]