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"in a family way" 怎么发音

expression

in-uh FAM-uh-lee way
in-uh FAM-i-lee way

释义

A polite or old-fashioned way to say that a woman is pregnant.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈfæməɫi/, /ˈfæmɫi/ /ˈweɪ

英式英语

ˈɪn/ /æɪ/ /fˈæmɪli/ /wˈeɪ

简化发音

美式

in-uh FAM-uh-lee way

英式

in-uh FAM-i-lee way

语境中听

She is in a family way.

My aunt is in a family way and expecting her first child.

The doctor confirmed she was in a family way.

People started to notice she was in a family way, even before she announced it.