单词	kindred
释义	kindred1 nounkindred2 adjective kindredkin‧dred1 /ˈkɪndrɪd/ noun [uncountable] old use Word Origin WORD ORIGINkindred1 Origin: 1100-1200 kin + Old English ræden ‘condition’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Almost certainly unwittingly, Benjamin was returning to the land of his far-off kindred. your whole family → kin kindred1 nounkindred2 adjective kindredkindred2 adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A recent discovery has shown that in kindred matters they followed a tradition current in Athens, at least in the fourth century. I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown. I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts. No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other. Pharmacy and lavish automobile, what a kindred pair they were! Recognizing in Laz a kindred passion, I conceive a plan. The same kindred spirit flows in their veins. Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► spirit · The same kindred spirit flows in their veins.· I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.· No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.· I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.· Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield?· The forces of democracy are in essence kindred spirits.· The point is that crops and weeds are in a sense kindred spirits, with several traits in common.· She is kept company by kindred spirits, such as Uncle Ben and the Cream of Wheat cook. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a kindred spirit Certainly a kindred spirit lives on under the front-hinged bonnet. He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit. I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown. I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts. In the then president, Sir Hugh Casson, he found a kindred spirit. Juliet was grateful to find a kindred spirit among all these wealthy public-school-educated socialites. No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other. She recognised him as a kindred spirit, with the same happy-go-lucky, questing attitude to life which she herself possessed. 1a kindred spirit someone who thinks and feels the way you do2formal belonging to the same group or family:  The protest included members of Free the Streets and kindred organisations.
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