kindred

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 kĭn′drĭd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin. countable,often,plural,plural-only,uncountable
  2. People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren. countable,often,plural,plural-only,uncountable
    — *Behold he commeth with clouds, and euery eye ſhal ſee him,and they alſo which pearced him: and all kinreds of the earth ſhall waıle becauſe of him: euen ſo. Amen.
  3. A grouping of relatives. countable
    — Cla. By heauen, I thinke there is no man ſecure / But the Queenes Kindred, and night-walking Heralds,[…]
  4. Blood relationship. uncountable
    — He that is in Distress tho' a stranger has a right to claim kindred with the wealthy—
  5. Affinity, likeness. uncountable
  6. One who is kindred, literally or figuratively; a kin, kinsman. countable
    — And what I wouldn't give to find a soulmate?/Someone else to catch this drift/And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred?
  7. A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú. Germanic,countable
    — We talked with Jonina about our kindred, Heathenry in the United States, Asatru in Iceland, and the details of our religious practice.[…]
形容词 adj.
  1. Of the same nature, or of similar character. not-comparable
    — the kindred relationship between neuroscience and neurology
  2. Connected, related, cognate, akin. not-comparable
    — kindred tongues

词形变化

kindreds plural kinred alternative,obsolete kinred alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
kindredless kindredly kindredness kindredship kindred soul kindred spirit unkindred

词源

词源 1
From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English *cynrēd, *cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).
词源 2
From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English *cynrēd, *cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).
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