| 单词 | akin |
| 释义 | akin (once / 753 pages) adj If two things are akin, then they're similar or related. A cupcake is akin to a cake and relatives are akin to each other. If you know the word kin — a relative — then you have a clue to the meaning of akin. People who are related are akin, but the word goes beyond blood relations. Football is akin to the sport of rugby; baseball is akin to the British sport cricket. Mice are akin to rats, and rats are akin to gerbils, hamsters, and squirrels. Things that are akin are alike. WORD FAMILYakin USAGE EXAMPLESHawkins said last week the choir’s tradition of presidential performances was not akin to “implied support of party affiliations or politics”. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) That motion would, in turn, shorten or stretch the time between pulses from pulsars in different directions, in an effect akin to the Doppler shift. Science Magazine(Dec 22, 2016) He described Obama as a “retrenchment president” akin to Dwight Eisenhower. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj related by blood Syn blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage 2adj similar in quality or character a feeling akin to terror Syn kindred similar marked by correspondence or resemblance |
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