单词 | in family |
释义 | > as lemmasin family P4. in family: with one's family; at home. Also †of a servant: living as a member of a household (obsolete). Cf. en famille adv. Now rare. ΚΠ 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis vi. 497 Anna Hovia a Maid, living in Family with her Sisters, to whom she was in nature of a Servant. 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions vi. 200 My Grandmother was never without a Dozen Chamber-maids, and Nurses in Family. 1768 Woman of Honor I. 87 Dining together, in family. 1803 tr. A. H. J. Lafontaine Village Pastor & Children (1810) II. v. 34 You are I see quite in family, and on such an occasion a stranger is a check upon the effusion of the heart. 2012 A. C. Bastos et al. Cultural Dynamics Women's Lives xxvi. 567 Dora describes..the lunch in family to celebrate the arrival of a brother after a long voyage. < as lemmas |
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