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 and I are kindred spirITs: we both enjoy music and football.
他跟我兴趣相投，我们都喜欢音乐和足球。
-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！
From kindred feelings, I soon brought Egypt and all her gods under the same law.
在类似的感觉之下，我又把埃及和它所有的神明都放在同一法则之下。
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 found kindred spirits in the peace movement.
他在和平运动中找到了志同道合的人。
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》）
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。
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。
So, they're kindred spirits, he said.
所以，他们亲属的精神，他说。
I feel that we have a kind of kindred spirit.
我感觉到我们有相通的精神境界。