| 单词 | kinfolk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskinfolk kinfolk n. chiefly U.S. = kinsfolk n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun] kinc825 sibOE kindredOE sibness?a1300 kindc1325 affinity1357 cousinagea1382 cognationc1384 kinhoodc1440 kinsfolkc1450 evenkina1500 relation1502 kindsfolk1555 folks1715 cousinhood1748 loved onea1756 parentage1768 concerns1818 belonging1842 cousinry1844 cousinship1865 kinspeople1866 kinfolk1873 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age ii. 33 No father, no mother, no kin folks of no kind. 1947 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! (1949) xii. 153 We managed to unsnarl our respective kinfolk. 1959 Listener 24 Dec. 1128/1 They [sc. the Bwamba] were organized into self-contained patrilineal villages, consisting of a group of male kinfolk with their wives and children. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 8 Apr. (1970) 103 I had asked Mrs. MacArthur and her son, and the Ambassador and all the kinfolks, to stop by the White House to warm up and have a cup of tea. 1970 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 21 Mar. c 2/1 Two willing young women have started ‘The Bride's Workshoppe’ to cope with everything from choosing a gown to picking up kinfolk at the airport. 1973 Publishers Weekly 20 Aug. 75/3 He was always surrounded by affectionate and eccentric kinfolk. < as lemmas |
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