kinsfolk

英 [ˈkɪnzfəʊk]

美 [ˈkɪnzfoʊk]

n.  (统称个人的)亲戚，亲属

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牛津词典

noun

• （统称个人的）亲戚，亲属
  a person's relatives

柯林斯词典

The spellings kinfolk, and sometimes in American English kinfolks are also used. 亦拼作kinfolk，美国英语中有时亦拼作kinfolks。


• N-PLURAL 亲戚；亲属
  Yourkinsfolkorkinfolkare the people who are related to you.
  1. Poor Emily. Her kinsfolk should come to her...
     可怜的埃米莉，她的亲人应该到她这来。
  2. I sent my other son to the country to stay with kinfolk.
     我把另一个儿子送到乡下和亲戚住在一起。

英英释义

noun

• people descended from a common ancestor
  1. his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
  Synonym:familyfamily linefolkkinfolkseptphratry

双语例句

• But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
  以为他在同行的人中间，走了一天的路程，就在亲族和熟识的人中找他。
• The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial.
  达戈内特家、马里兰的杜拉克家及其康沃尔郡的贵族亲戚特利文纳家之间的关系一直密切融洽。
• These are the clan leaders and their kinsfolk from the highlands and isles of Scotland.
  高地贵族剑士为苏格兰高地或岛屿上部落首领及亲族组成。
• But he said kinsfolk was kinsfolk, and promises was promises, so he'd go for a day or so, and then it would be over.
  可是他说亲戚到底是亲戚，既然答应了去，就只能去一趟，住上一两天也就算了。
• Then came the news that Ellen's own marriage had ended in disaster, and that she was herself returning home to seek rest and oblivion among her kinsfolk.
  这时，人们不禁纳闷，她那富有的侄女怎么不伸出手来帮帮她。后来又传来了埃伦本人婚姻不幸终结的消息，她自己也要回家，到亲属中求得安息与忘却。
• An act grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste. Marriage Customs of Remote Past Reflected in the Kinsfolk Appellation of Mourning Apparel in Ceremonial Etiquette
  侮辱，伤害粗俗地冒犯礼仪、道德或风雅的行为《仪礼·丧服》的亲属称谓所反映的上古婚姻遗俗
• How hast thou behaved hitherto to the gods, thy parents, brethren, children, teachers, to those who looked after thy infancy, to thy friends, kinsfolk, to thy slaves?
  你从此将如何表现于神灵、你的父母、兄弟、孩子、教师、那些从小照顾你的人、你的朋友、同胞以及你的奴隶呢？
• The event of Tess Durbeyfield's return from the manor of her bogus kinsfolk was rumoured abroad, if rumour be not too large a word for a space of a square mile.
  苔丝·德北菲尔德从她那个冒牌本家回来了这件事，已经四处传说开了，如果说在一英里方圆的地面上使用传说这个词不算太大的话。
• The inheritance of property is the most substantive issue in the family relationship. It concerns interests of each kinsfolk.
  财产继承往往是家庭继承关系中最实质问题，它关涉到每个家庭成员的切身利益。
• The address words for elder kinsfolk;
  指称二层亲属关系长辈的称呼语；