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

• He and I are kindred spirits: we have the same opinions and the same tastes.
  他和我意气相投：我们有相同的看法和相同的品味。
• He had served as secretary of the navy for Reagan and I saw in him a kindred spirit.
  里根政府期间，他曾担任过海军部长，我在他身上找到了志趣相投之处。
• 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。
• God and the Universe have a wonderful way of connecting kindred spirits.
  上帝和宇宙会用一种美妙的方式让志同道合的人再次相遇。
• They are adventurers, sometimes tearful with joy, and kindred souls to this great ecstatic filmmaker.
  他们是冒险者，有时候会会含着喜悦的泪水，和这位欣喜若狂的电影制片人如同亲人一般。
• Only a few of his kindred were present at his funeral.
  只有少数亲戚参加了他的葬礼。
• He would not have come like General de Gaulle with only an unconquerable heart and a few kindred spirits.
  他不会象戴高乐将军那样，只带着一颗不可征服的心和少数几个类似的人来。
• The patriarchal clan system was the result of the find political and structural raconstruction of kindred relationship.
  宗法制是对亲属关系的首次政治和组织改造。
• I feel that we have a kind of kindred spirit.
  我感觉到我们有相通的精神境界。
• They have found many kindred spirits in the labour party.
  他们在工党中发现了不少志趣相投的人。