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kindred

noun
🔊/ˈkɪndrəd/
🔊/ˈkɪndrəd/
(old-fashioned or formal)
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  1. [plural] your family and relatives（统称）家人，亲属 compare kin
  2. [uncountable] the fact of being related to another person亲属关系；血缘关系
    • ties of kindred亲属关系
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from kin + -red (from Old English rǣden ‘condition’), with insertion of -d- in the modern spelling through phonetic development (as in thunder).

kindred

adjective
🔊/ˈkɪndrəd/
🔊/ˈkɪndrəd/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. very similar; related类似的；相似的；相关的；有血缘关系的
    • food and kindred products食物及类似产品
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKindred is used with these nouns:
    • soul
    • spirit
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from kin + -red (from Old English rǣden ‘condition’), with insertion of -d- in the modern spelling through phonetic development (as in thunder).