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　

BNC.20308 / COCA.18790

牛津词典

noun

adj.

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。

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)

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。
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。
-and sad, because he missed his heavenly kindred!
他也很伤心，因为他思念他在天国里的亲属！
All his kindred are dead.
他的亲属都已死亡。
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。
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。
At the time, kindred were linked together chiefly through the band of their maternity.
那时联系亲属的纽带以母方为主。
He delighted in echoes, and said they were almost the only kind of kindred voices that he heard.
回声也让他欢喜，说它们几乎是仅有的他听到的有血缘的声音。
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 feel that we have a kind of kindred spirit.
我感觉到我们有相通的精神境界。