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单词 kindred
释义
kindred1 nounkindred2 adjective
kindredkin‧dred1 /ˈkɪndrɪd/ noun [uncountable] old use Word Origin
WORD ORIGINkindred1
Origin:
1100-1200 kin + Old English ræden ‘condition’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Almost certainly unwittingly, Benjamin was returning to the land of his far-off kindred.
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kindred1 nounkindred2 adjective
kindredkindred2 adjective [only before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A recent discovery has shown that in kindred matters they followed a tradition current in Athens, at least in the fourth century.
  • I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.
  • I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.
  • No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.
  • Pharmacy and lavish automobile, what a kindred pair they were!
  • Recognizing in Laz a kindred passion, I conceive a plan.
  • The same kindred spirit flows in their veins.
  • Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The same kindred spirit flows in their veins.· I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.· No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.· I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.· Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield?· The forces of democracy are in essence kindred spirits.· The point is that crops and weeds are in a sense kindred spirits, with several traits in common.· She is kept company by kindred spirits, such as Uncle Ben and the Cream of Wheat cook.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Certainly a kindred spirit lives on under the front-hinged bonnet.
  • He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit.
  • I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.
  • I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.
  • In the then president, Sir Hugh Casson, he found a kindred spirit.
  • Juliet was grateful to find a kindred spirit among all these wealthy public-school-educated socialites.
  • No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.
  • She recognised him as a kindred spirit, with the same happy-go-lucky, questing attitude to life which she herself possessed.
1a kindred spirit someone who thinks and feels the way you do2formal belonging to the same group or family:  The protest included members of Free the Streets and kindred organisations.
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