| 单词 | family grouping |
| 释义 | family /famˈi-li/noun
ORIGIN: L familia, from famulus a servant familˈial /fəm-/ adjective Characteristic of a family familˈiar adjective see separate entry familism /famˈ/ noun
Famˈilist noun A member of the 16c mystical sect known as the Family of Love, which based religion upon love independently of faith familisˈtic adjective family allowance noun An allowance formerly paid by the state for the support of children, now replaced by child benefit family baker, butcher, etc noun A small retailer who supplies individual families, not merely institutions family Bible noun A large Bible for family worship, with a page for recording family events family circle noun
family coach noun
family credit noun A former payment by the state to a family whose income from employment was below a certain level, replaced in 1999 by a system of income tax credits family doctor noun A general practitioner family fruit tree or family tree noun A fruit tree bearing different varieties of the same fruit grafted onto it family grouping same as vertical grouping (see under vertical). family income supplement noun A payment by the state to a family whose income from employment is below a certain level family jewels plural noun (usu joc)
family man noun
family name noun Surname family planning noun Regulating the number and spacing of children, eg by using contraceptives family-size or family-sized adjective (of goods) larger than standard family tree noun A diagram showing the branching of a family in a family way In a familiar or informal manner in the family way (euphemistic) Pregnant official family (US) The cabinet vertical /vûrˈti-kl/adjective
A vertical line or position ORIGIN: Fr vertical, from L vertex, verticis summit, from vertere to turn verticality /-kalˈi-ti/ noun verˈtically adverb verˈticalness noun vertical angles plural noun Opposite angles formed by intersecting lines vertical circle noun A great circle of the heavens passing through the zenith and the nadir vertical grouping noun In primary schools, the teaching of groups of children of various ages together (also called family grouping) vertical integration noun (economics) The merging (or takeover) of one company with (or by) another involved in a different stage of production of the same thing vertically challenged adjective (in politically correct language) denoting a person of less than average height vertical scanning noun (TV) Scanning in which the lines are vertical, not, as normally, horizontal vertical take-off noun (aeronautics) Immediate take-off without preliminary run vertical thinking noun Thinking by logical deduction, as opposed to lateral thinking (qv) |
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