kindred

英 [ˈkɪndrəd]

美 [ˈkɪndrəd]

n.  (统称)家人，亲属; 亲属关系; 血缘关系
adj.  类似的; 相似的; 相关的; 有血缘关系的

复数：kindreds　

GRETEM8

BNC.20308 / COCA.18790

牛津词典

noun

• （统称）家人，亲属
  your family and relatives
• 亲属关系；血缘关系
  the fact of being related to another person
  1. ties of kindred
     亲属关系

adj.

• 类似的；相似的；相关的；有血缘关系的
  very similar; related
  1. food and kindred products
     食物及类似产品
  2. I knew I'd found a kindred spirit (= a person with similar ideas, opinions, etc.)
     我知道我找到了志同道合的人。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （统称）家人，亲属
  Yourkindredare your family, and all the people who are related to you.
  1. The offender made proper restitution to the victim's kindred.
     违法者对受害人亲属给予了适当的补偿。
• ADJ 类似的；相似的
  Kindredthings are similar to each other.
  1. I recall many discussions with her on these and kindred topics.
     我回想起多次同她就这些问题及类似话题进行的讨论。

英英释义

noun

• group of people related by blood or marriage
  Synonym:kinkin groupkinship groupclantribe

adj

• related by blood or marriage
  1. kindred clans
• similar in quality or character
  1. a feeling akin to terror
  2. kindred souls
  3. the amateur is closely related to the collector
  Synonym:akin(p)

双语例句

• Since childhood, baoyu had been intimate with daiyu, finding her a kindred spirit.
  宝玉从幼时和黛玉耳鬓厮磨，心情相对。（《红楼梦》）
• Only a few of his kindred were present at his funeral.
  只有少数亲戚参加了他的葬礼。
• You never know, you might have found a kindred spirit.
  谁都不知道，你可能因此找到一个志趣相投的朋友。
• So, they're kindred spirits, he said.
  所以，他们亲属的精神，他说。
• He claims kindred to me, but I don't know who he is.
  他说跟我有亲戚关系，可我不知道他是什么人。
• Italian and Spanish are kindred languages with the same origin.
  意大利语和西班牙语乃是源出于一个母语的同源语种。
• When I saw his work for the first time I recognized a kindred spirit.
  我第一次看到他的作品时就认定他与我志趣相投。
• I recall many discussions with her on these and kindred topics.
  我回想起多次同她就这些问题及类似话题进行的讨论。
• I think I see a kindred spirit in there.
  我想我见到了一个志趣相投的人。
• He would have had a kindred spirit and his own man at the foreign office.
  在外交部方面他也早就可以有一个气味相投的自己人。