helicopter parent

n. A parent who hovers over his or her children.

從字面上，可翻成直升機(jī)父母。實(shí)際上，helicopter parent指的是那些“望子成龍”，“望女成鳳”的父母。 就像直升機(jī)一樣盤旋在孩子的上空，時時刻刻監(jiān)控孩子的一舉一動。

loco parentis

It describes when someone else accepts responsibility to act in the interests of a child.

n. 替代父母，指代替父母履行教育孩子的責(zé)任，通常教師有“替代父母”的職責(zé)。

例句：

I stand towards her in loco parentis.
我對她代盡其父母親的責(zé)任。

beanpole family

n. A family whose living members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation.

解釋為豆竿家庭，指的是幾代同堂，但是每一代人數(shù)都很少的家庭。

例句：

The rising divorce rate partly explains the growth of the beanpole family.
不斷上升的離婚率是“豆竿家庭”產(chǎn)生的一部分原因。

framily

n. A person’s closest friends, particularly those who feel like part of the family.

framily是friends和family兩個詞的合成詞，尤其指那些親如家人的朋友。出國黨們離開父母，在外漂泊，很多時候會feel lonely。他們更需要家人般的關(guān)心，這時候家人般的朋友就顯得難能可貴，更是一種心靈的寄托。We are 伐木累~

例句：

The concept of "framily" is thought to have arisen largely because of changes in the structure of society.
Framily的概念是隨著社會結(jié)構(gòu)的改變而出現(xiàn)的。