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)

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。
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。
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。
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。
All his kindred are dead.
他的亲属都已死亡。
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。
You never know, you might have found a kindred spirit.
谁都不知道，你可能因此找到一个志趣相投的朋友。
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。
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》）