/ˈfæməli ||; ˈfæməlɪ/noun (plural families) Sometimes we use ‘family’ to mean ‘parents and their children’ (a nuclear family), sometimes we use it to include other relatives, for example grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc (an extended family). family有时指由父母和儿女组成的核心家庭(nuclear family)，有时指包括其他亲戚，如祖父母、姑母、伯父等的扩大家庭(extended family)。 Family is used with a singular verb when we are talking about it as a unit Almost every family in the village owns a television. A plural verb is used when we are thinking about the members of a family as individuals My family are all very tall. Family can be used before another noun to describe things that are suitable for or that can be used by all the family family entertainment the family car family作为一个单位，用单数动词：Almost every family in the village owns a television.村里差不多每户都有电视机。family作为个别家庭成员的总称，则用复数动词：My family are all very tall. 我的家人个子都很高。family可用在另一个名词前，表示适合全家或全家都能用：family entertainment全家皆宜的娱乐·the family car家用汽车 run in the family to be found very often in a family 家族中间常见的: Red hair runs in the family. 那个家族中的人都长着红头发。