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family的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈfæməli:, ˈfæmli:]
KK音标发音： [ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli]

family的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of a man and woman and their offspring.
家庭：社会中最基本的群居组织，典型地由男人、女人和他们的后代组成

2. 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：两个或更多有共同目标和价值观念的人，他们通常长期共同信任并且通常住在一起

3. All the members of a household under one roof.
家人：同住一家的家庭成员

4. A group of persons sharing common ancestry.See Usage Note at collective noun
家族：拥有同一祖先的人参见 collective noun

5. Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
名门：家庭，尤指闻名的家族

6. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
家族：地方性的独立的罪犯组织，例如美国黑手党

7. A group of like things; a class.
族：一群相似的事物；一类

8. A group of individuals derived from a common stock:
同一类：从共同的祖先发展下来的一族：

the family of human beings.
人类的一族

9. 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
【生物学】 科：关于生物组织的分类的一类项，等级在族之上，在属之下。科通常由几个属组成参见 taxonomy

10. Linguistics A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
【语言学】 语系：从同一祖先语族传下的语言，如印欧语系

11. Mathematics A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
【数学】 族：通过改变一般等式的参数形成的函数或曲面

12. Chemistry A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
【化学】 同族：具有相近的属性的一组元素

13. Chemistry A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
【化学】 族：周期表中的纵行

family的词性：
adj.（形容词）

14. Of or having to do with a family:
家庭的：与家庭有关的：

family problems.
家庭问题

15. Being suitable for a family:
适合于全家的：

family movies.
适合全家一起看的电影

family的词源：

16. Middle English familie
中古英语 familie

17. from Latin familia [household, servants of a household]
源自 拉丁语 familia [家务，作家务的仆人]

18. from famulus [servant]
源自 famulus [仆人]