family的词语用法是：n.(名词)family的意思是“家庭”,指“家庭全体成员”时,为集合名词,作主语时,谓语动词要用复数形式。作为“家庭整体”看待时,谓语动词要用单数形式。谓语动词无论是单数形式还是复数形式, family都应该用复数代词指代。family的详尽释义是n.(名词)家族子女家庭家亲属，家人，家庭成员【动、植】科【化】【数】【天】族【语】语族氏族民族派别阁员，同僚科亲族门第家系。family的意思是n.家庭；亲属；家族；子女；[生]科；语族；[化]族；adj.家庭的；家族的；适合于全家的。
一、详尽释义点此查看family的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.家;家庭;家族
Afamily is a group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their children.
e.g. There's room in there for afamily of five...
那儿能住下五口之家。
e.g. Hisfamily are completely behind him, whatever he decides...
他无论作出什么决定，家人都全力支持。
2.子女;孩子
When people talk about afamily, they sometimes mean children.
e.g. They decided to start afamily.
他们决定要孩子。
e.g. ...couples with large families.
儿女成群的夫妇
3.祖先;祖辈
When people talk about theirfamily, they sometimes mean their ancestors.
e.g. Herfamily came to Los Angeles at the turn of the century.
她的祖先在世纪之交时来到洛杉矶。
e.g. ...homes where their families had lived for generations.
祖祖辈辈生活过的家
4.家族的;家庭的;家里的
You can usefamily to describe things that belong to a particular family.
e.g. He returned to thefamily home...
他回到自己家里。
e.g. I was working in thefamily business.
我在自家的企业工作。
5.全家共用的;全家共享的
You can usefamily to describe things that are designed to be used or enjoyed by both parents and children.
e.g. It had been designed as afamily house...
这房子的设计适合一家老小共同居住。
e.g. A wedding is afamily event.
婚礼是全家人的庆典。
6.(动植物的)科
Afamily of animals or plants is a group of related species.
e.g. ...foods in the cabbagefamily, such as Brussels sprouts.
抱子甘蓝之类的十字花科食物
四、例句
There are five people in my family.
我家里有五口人。
He was born in a wealthy family.
他出生在一个富裕的家庭。
He had to work hard to support his family.
他不得不努力工作来养家。
All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.
我们所有的亲属都来参加了祖父八十寿宴。
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 has a large family on her hands.
她有许多子女需要照顾。
Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Jones and family.
代我向琼斯夫妇及其子女问好.
The tiger is a representative of the cat family.
老虎是猫科动物的典型。
These languages belong to the Latin family.
这些语言都是属于拉丁语族的。
English is a branch of the Germanic family of languages.
英语是日耳曼语系的一个分支。
Quarrels are a normal part of family life.
争吵是家庭生活正常的一部分。
She works in the family business.
她在家族的企业工作。
They rented a three-bedroom family home with a pool.
他们租住了一个带有三间卧室和一个游泳池,适合全家人居住的房子。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
I am of Anglo-Irish stock on both sides of my family.
出自：Day Lewis七、词源解说
family的相关近义词
house、household、kindred、relatives、tribe
family的相关临近词
famine、familiarize、familyish、family PE、family cap、family way、family car、Family Yan、family set、Family pig、family key、family tie