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families 音标拼音: [f'æməliz] [f'æmliz] n. 家族 家族 Family \ Fam" i* ly\, n.; pl. { Families}. [ L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh[= a] man house, fr. dh[= a] to set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. { Do}, v. t., { Doom}, { Fact}, { Feat}.] 1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society. [ 1913 Webster] The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. -- H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family. [ 1913 Webster] Go ! and pretend your family is young. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Biol.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In Zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order. [ 1913 Webster] { Family circle}. See under { Circle}. { Family man}. ( a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him and dependent upon him. ( b) A man of domestic habits. " The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men." -- Mayhew. { Family of curves} or { Family of surfaces} ( Geom.), a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation. { In a family way}, like one belonging to the family. " Why don' t we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?" -- Thackeray. { In the family way}, pregnant. [ Colloq. euphemism] [ 1913 Webster]
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