单词 | family circle |
释义 | > as lemmasfamily circle b. One of the galleries or tiers of seats in a theatre; the lowest, containing the most expensive seats, is called the dress circle; that above, the upper circle or family circle. ΚΠ 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 484 There they sit in splendid array, in the dress-circle, close to the royal box. family circle family circle n. the members of a family and (sometimes) their closest friends, regarded as a group. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household hirdc888 houseeOE hewenc1000 houseshipOE hinehedea1300 meiniec1300 ménagec1325 householda1382 family1452 fam1579 private family1598 fireside1686 family circle1768 family unit1860 mainpast1865 familia1869 home1876 aiga1895 ohana1926 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. 9 To live peaceably and pleasingly within his family-circle. 1878 R. B. Smyth Aborigines Victoria I. p. xxiv A tribe is in fact but an enlargement of a family circle. 1997 M. Acton Learning to look at Paintings (2000) vi. 125 Botticelli was almost certainly part of the Medici family circle. < as lemmas |
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