| 单词 | extended family |
| 释义 | extended familySEE SYNONYMS FOR extended family ON THESAURUS.COM nouna kinship group consisting of a family nucleus and various relatives, as grandparents, usually living in one household and functioning as a larger unit.Compare nuclear family. (loosely) one's family conceived of as including aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and sometimes close friends and colleagues. Origin of extended familyFirst recorded in 1940–45 Words nearby extended familyextend credit to, extended, extended care, extended complex plane, extended coverage, extended family, extended family therapy, extended forecast, extended metaphor, extended order, extended-play Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for extended familyextended family nounsociol anthropol a social unit that contains the nuclear family together with blood relatives, often spanning three or more generations Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for extended familyextended family A type of family in which relatives in addition to parents and children (such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) live in a single household. A nuclear family forms the core of an extended family. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。