Kin



GRE 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 家属
• ［英］ n. 家属 ( the members of one's family)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a group of persons of common ancestry ; clan
• 2.
  • a. one's relatives ; kindred
  • b. kinsman <he wasn't any kin to you — Jean Stafford>
• 3. archaic kinship

II. adjective

• Date: 1597
• kindred, related

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