extended family

英[ɪks'tendɪd'fæmɪli] 美[ɪk'stendɪd'fæməli]
  • 大家庭;扩大的家庭
  • extended adj.长期的;广大的;伸展的动词extend的过去式及过去分词形式.
  • family n.家庭;亲属;家族;子女;[生]科;语族;[化]族adj.家庭的;家族的;适合于全家的
Noun:
  1. a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives

    1. He is encumbered with a large family.
      他被一个大家庭所拖累。
    2. Their big family dissolved last year.
      他们的大家庭去年解体了。
    3. Traditionally,all the members of an extended family lived in the same area.
      传统上,扩大的家庭的全部成员都居住在同一个地区。