| 单词 | near akin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnear akin near akin: (a) closely related by blood or descent; (b) closely similar in character.Originally with near in sense 8 and akin as limiting adverb, but subsequently interpreted as akin adj. modified by near. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > closely nareOE nighOE neara1375 necessarya1382 germanea1449 native1488 near of kin1491 tender1508 near akinc1515 cousin1590 affine1614 own1671 tight-knit1832 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xliv. 147 How nere akyn art thou to the admyrall..? 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs v. xiii. 13 in Purple Island Damon. Why should'st thou fear? Al. To Love Fear's neare akinne. 1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) ii. 40 This distemper, which Forestus calls Purpurae, or the Purples is very near akin to the Measles. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 25 Sept. 2/2 The Manufacture of Paper is very near akin to that of Linnen. 1723 I. Watts Serm. Var. Subj. II. x. 268 Those that are nearer akin to one another, especially in the same Family, as Brethren and Sisters, ought to look upon themselves under more peculiar and mutual Obligations to do Kindnesses to each other. 1859 R. Owen Lect. Classif. Mammalia App. B. 80 He might think that the orangs were nearer akin to man than the chimpanzees. 1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) iii. 63 Desultoriness and indolence are very near akin. 1926 Classical Philol. 21 19 A different suggestion..is that the pre-invasion dialect of Elis was Aeolic, but it is more probable that this was nearer akin to Arcadian. 1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World (1994) 235 Gill was a reading man, nearer akin to Martin and Stephen than to most of the other sailors. < as lemmas |
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