| 单词 | kin |
| 释义 | kin (once / 377 pages) nadj Some say kin, others "family," or "relatives." Call them what you will, but you’re stuck with those people related to you by blood or marriage. When someone refers to their kith and kin, she means her friends and family. Both words date back to Old English, kin reaching back to the 700s. Originally referring to one’s family or race, kin narrowed to refer just to one’s blood relations. Your "next of kin" is your closest family member: spouse, child, parent, or sibling. WORD FAMILYkin: kiner, kins, kinship+/kinship: kinships USAGE EXAMPLESThe name of the man was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) A spokesman said: "We are still trying to contact the next of kin." BBC(Dec 28, 2016) But to properly return their remains to next of kin, someone must determine who they were. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a person having kinship with another or others he's kin Syn|Hypo|Hyper family, kinsperson affine (anthropology) kin by marriage relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage 2n group of people related by blood or marriage Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe Bronte sisters a 19th century family of three sisters who all wrote novels Marx Brothersa family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor mishpachah, mishpocha (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) family, family unitprimary social group; parents and children folksyour parents family tree, genealogysuccessive generations of kin totema clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israeltwelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob couple, match, matesa pair of people who live together man and wife, marriage, married coupletwo people who are married to each other ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stockthe descendants of one individual Lost Tribesthe ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) social group people sharing some social relation 3adj related by blood Syn akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage |
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