ilk

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
    — "Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago[…]
形容词 adj.
  1. Very; same. Northern-England,Scotland,not-comparable
    — By semblaunt, was that ilke image

词形变化

ilke alternative ilks plural ilke alternative

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).
The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase of that ilk to families: the word thus came to mean family.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).
The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase of that ilk to families: the word thus came to mean family.
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