单词 | kin |
释义 | kin ![]() n. 1. a. (used with a pl. verb) One's relatives or family: visited my aunt and her kin. b. A relative or family member: Is she kin of yours? 2. (used with a pl. verb) Organisms that are genetically related to another or others: cauliflower and its kin. adj. 1. Related genetically or in the same family. 2. Related or similar; akin: "If he feels a wisp of longing for her ... it is kin to what the serpent must have felt for Eve" (Barbara Klein Moss). [Middle English, from Old English cyn; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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