| 单词 | filial |
| 释义 | filial (once / 1848 pages) adj If you describe something as filial, you're saying it's offspring-related. Depending on who your parents are, your filial duties might include taking out the trash, or washing dishes, or ruling empires. The word filial comes from the Latin words filius, which means "son," and filia, or daughter. In other words, filial is the filius of filius. One way of remembering the word is to the think of a filly, a young horse. The two words aren't related, but it's fun to put them in the same sentence: "The filly's filial love made the mare a happy mom." WORD FAMILYfilial: filially USAGE EXAMPLES"Be filial to your parents, affectionate to your brothers and sisters," they chant. Reuters(Dec 08, 2016) The incentive follows a recent push by the authorities to encourage filial piety. BBC(Dec 05, 2016) State-media reports list penalties for not being filial to one’s parents. Wall Street Journal(Nov 28, 2016) 1adj designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation Ant parental designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced 2adj relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring filial respect Syn|Ant daughterly befitting a daughter maternal, parental, paternal relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent |
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