| 释义 |
kinsfolk, -folks Now rare.|ˈkɪnzfəʊk, -fəʊks|
[f. kin1 + folk, after kinsman.]
Persons of the same kin; relations by blood; relatives.
αc1450Paston Lett. (K.O.), Kynsefolke. 1526Tindale Luke ii. 44 They..sought hym amonge their kynsfolke and acquayntaunce. 1546Heywood Prov. (1867) 37 Many kyns⁓folke and few freends, some folke saie. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus, Germanie i. (1622) 260 Their family and friends, and kinsfolcke. 1855Kingsley Heroes, Argon. i. 76 That I may go home to my fathers and to my kinsfolk.
β1514E.E. Gilds (1870) 144 Hys kynfalkes benefactours and alle crysten saules. Ibid. 145 There kynsfolkes, benefactours. 1555Eden Decades 70 The prosperitie of owre contrey and kynsefolkes. 1652C. B. Stapylton Herodian 161 Their Friends and kinsfolks them upbraid. |