| 释义 | View usage for: (kɪn) 1. plural nounYour kin are your relatives.[dialect, or old-fashioned]  She has gone to live with her husband's kin. Synonyms: family, people, relations, relatives More Synonyms of kin 2.   See also  kith and kin, next of kin (kɪn) noun1. a person's relatives collectively; kindred 2. a class or group with similar characteristics 3.  next of kin adjective4. (postpositive) related by blood 5.   a less common word for akinWord origin Old English cyn;  related to Old Norse kyn  family, Old High German kind  child, Latin genus  kindWord origin from Middle Dutch, of West Germanic origin; compare German -chen (kɪn)   noun1.   one's family; relatives; kinfolk; kindred  adjective2.   related, as by blood; kindred Word origin ME kyn  < OE cynn,  akin to Du kunne,  Goth kuni,  ON kyn  < Gmc *kunja-  < IE base *ĝen-,  to produce: see  genus (kɪn)     little (specified person or thing)   lambkin Word origin ME < MDu -ken, -kijn,  dim. suffix, akin to Ger -chensuffixa diminutive suffix of nouns lambkinWord origin[ ME ‹ MD, MLG -ken ; c. G -chen]The emphasis is on the links between past and present and the ties of blood and kin.The theory of kin selection has been highly successful in explaining many features of animal behavior.These kin groups contain the same set of people from any ego's viewpoint.We would always be nicer to people who shared our genes so-called kin selection.My mother has inherited the photographs of her oldest friend who died aged 93 without any blood kin.Some societies do not restrict marital residence exclusively to either the wife's or husband's kin groups.Examples of 'kin' in a sentencekinBritish English: kin NOUN  Your kin are your relatives. She has gone to live with her husband's kin. American English: kinBrazilian Portuguese: parentesChinese: 亲戚European Spanish: parientesFrench: familleGerman: FamilieItalian: parentiJapanese: 血族Korean: 친족European Portuguese: parentesLatin American Spanish: parientes
Chinese translation of 'kin'Definition a person's relatives collectively I'm going to live with my husband's kin.Synonyms people relations relatives connections kinsmen kith kinsfolk ainga (New Zealand) rellies (Australian, slang)Additional synonymsDefinition a person's relatives collectively She has reconnected with her kindred.Synonyms family,  relations,  relatives,  connections,  flesh,  kin,  lineage,  kinsmen,  kinsfolk,  ainga (New Zealand),  rellies (Australian, slang)killingkilljoykilterkinkindkind ofkind-hearted
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