family n. 1.家,家庭;〔集合詞〕家庭成員,家屬,子女;親屬。 2.氏族,家族,親族。 3.〔美國〕閣員,(特指國務(wù)部的)同僚;派別。 4.門第,家系;〔英國〕門閥,名門。 5.人種,種族,民族。 6.系;族;科;【語言學(xué)】語族。 7.〔美俚〕(黑手黨等犯罪集團的)行動小組。 His family is an old one. 他的家庭是一個舊式家庭。 My family are all well. 我全家都好。 the President 's official family 〔美國〕總統(tǒng)的全體閣僚。 the Indo-European family 印歐語族。 the Teutonic family 條頓民族。 the chromium family 【化學(xué)】鉻族。 the Kantian family 康德學(xué)派。 the cat family 【動物;動物學(xué)】貓科。 a happy family 1. 幸福家庭。 2. 相安無事處于同一牢籠的不同類動物。 in a family way 1. 像家人一樣隨便,不拘形式地。 2. 懷孕。 in the family way 〔美國〕懷孕。 of (good) family 出身門第很高的。 run in the family (性格特征等)為一家所共有,世代相傳 (A gift for music runs in that family . 那一家人人有音樂天才)。 adj. 家庭的,家族的。 a family likeness 親屬之間的相似,隱約的相似。
May this pot of four half choke me , cried costello , if she ain t in the family way “倘若伊未身懷六甲, ”卡斯特洛大叫曰, “吾將被此啤酒嗆得半死矣!
Fontan attracted her with his comic make - up . she brushed against him and , eying him as a woman in the family way might do when she fancies some unpleasant kind of food , she suddenly became extremely familiar 她用身子碰了他一下,目光直溜溜地盯著他,就像一個嘴饞孕婦想吃一種不干凈的東西似的,她突然用親昵的口氣對他說道:
其他語種釋義
in the family wayとは意味:in the [((米では時に))a] fámily wày ((略式))妊娠して《◆pregnantの遠回し表現(xiàn); cf.?1b 》.