n.

1. 家，家庭；家人[C][G]
   My family is large.

   我的家是个大家庭。

   His family are all waiting for him.

   他的一家人都在等他。

2. 家族[C][G]
   They are members of the Royal family.

   他们是皇家成员。

3. 子女[S]
   She has a large family.

   她子女多。

4. 【动】【植】科；【化】【数】【天】族；【语】语族[C]

n.

1. [treated as sing. or pl.] a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit.
   ▸a group of people related by blood or marriage.
   ▸the children of a person or couple.
2. all the descendants of a common ancestor.
3. a group of related things.
   ▸Biology  a principal taxonomic category ranking above genus and below order.
   ▸all the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group.

adj.