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单词 kindred
释义 kin·dred
I. \ˈkindrə̇d\ noun
(plural kindred ; see sense 1a)
Etymology: Middle English kinrede, kindrede, from kin (I) + -rede (from Old English rǣden condition, rule, estimation, from rǣdan to advise, rule, guess, read) — more at read
1.
 a. plural kindreds : a natural grouping : people, population
  < every kindred, every tribe on this terrestrial ball — Edward Perronet >
  < among the winter-scourged kindreds — C.G.D.Roberts >
 b.
  (1) : a group of related individuals : family, clan
   < the kindred has an organic quality; what happens to the individual member is felt by the whole group — A.D.Rees >
  (2) : relatives
   < if his kindred still remain to him — Alexis de Tocqueville >
 c. : a genealogical group : lineage
  < study the incidence of cancer among members of a kindred >
2. archaic
 a. : relationship by blood or marriage : kinship
  < a secret match … raised him to kindred with the throne — J.R.Green >
 b. : possession of similar qualities : affinity
  < thy kindred with the great of old — Alfred Tennyson >
II. adjective
1.
 a. : of an allied nature : similar
  < pamphlets of a kindred sort — G.C.Sellery >
  < an auditorium for concerts, lectures, and kindred events >
 b. : having common qualities or stemming from the same source : congenial, related
  < kindred spirit >
  < kindred arts of music, painting and letters — Elinor Wylie >
  < kindred Germanic languages >
  < sound waves … penetrate to the listener's inner ear and there set up kindred vibrations — Charlton Laird >
2. archaic
 a. : of the same ancestry : cognate
  < countries … already occupied by their kindred tribes — Edward Gibbon >
 b. : of, relating to, or done by a kinsman
  < what kindred crime … am I decreed to expiate — Tobias Smollett >
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