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单词 ilk
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ilk1 /ɪlk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable* usually singular]
  1. family, class, group, or kind:to distrust politicians and all their ilk.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ilk1  (ilk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. family, class, or kind:he and all his ilk.
  2. of that ilk:
    • (in Scotland) of the same family name or place:Ross of that ilk,i.e., Ross of Ross.
    • of the same class or kind.

adj. 
  1. same.
  • bef. 900; Middle English ilke, Old English ilca (pronoun) the same, equivalent. to demonstrative i (cognate with Gothic is he, Latin is that) + a reduced form of līc like1; compare which, such

ilk2  (ilk),USA pronunciation [Chiefly Scot.]
pron. 
  1. Scottish Termseach.

adj. 
  1. Scottish Termseach;
    every.
  • Middle English ilk, north variant of ilch, Old English ylc (pronoun) each bef. 900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ilk /ɪlk/ n
  1. a type; class; sort (esp in the phrase of that, his, her, etc, ilk): people of that ilk should not be allowed here
  2. of that ilkScot of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named: Moncrieff of that ilk
Etymology: Old English ilca the same family, same kind; related to Gothic is he, Latin is, Old English gelīc like
USAGE
Although the use of ilk in the sense of sense 1 is sometimes condemned as being the result of a misunderstanding of the original Scottish expression of that ilk, it is nevertheless well established and generally acceptable

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