单词 | kin |
释义 | kin —kinless, adj. /kin/, n. 1. a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk. 2. family relationship or kinship. 3. a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race. 4. a relative or kinsman. 5. someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology. 6. of kin, of the same family; related; akin: Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin. adj. 7. of the same family; related; akin. 8. of the same kind or nature; having affinity. [bef. 900; ME; OE cyn; c. OS, OHG kunni, ON kyn, Goth kuni; akin to L genus, Gk génos, Skt jánas. See GENDER] |
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