kin

noun

/kɪn/

[plural] (old-fashioned or formal)Idioms

your family or your relatives（统称）家属，亲属，亲戚
- Marriage between close kin is prohibited.禁止近亲结婚。
compare kindred see also next of kin
- Ties with extended kin vary from family to family.与大家庭成员的关系因家庭而异。
- loyalty to blood kin对血亲的忠诚
Topics Family and relationshipsc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- close
- near
- blood
- …
kin + noun
- group
- network
- relationships
- …
preposition
- between kin
phrases
- next of kin
词源Old English cynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to’, shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race’.

Idioms

kith and kin

(old-fashioned) friends and relatives亲戚朋友Topics Family and relationshipsc2
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- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane

词汇	kin
释义	kin noun /kɪn/ /kɪn/ [plural] (old-fashioned or formal)Idioms your family or your relatives（统称）家属，亲属，亲戚 Marriage between close kin is prohibited.禁止近亲结婚。 compare kindred see also next of kin Ties with extended kin vary from family to family.与大家庭成员的关系因家庭而异。 loyalty to blood kin对血亲的忠诚 Topics Family and relationshipsc2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective close near blood … kin + noun group network relationships … preposition between kin phrases next of kin 词源Old English cynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to’, shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race’. Idioms kith and kin (old-fashioned) friends and relatives亲戚朋友Topics Family and relationshipsc2 More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms belt and braces black and blue born and bred chalk and cheese chop and change done and dusted down and dirty in dribs and drabs eat somebody out of house and home facts and figures fast and furious first and foremost forgive and forget hale and hearty hem and haw kith and kin mix and match part and parcel puff and pant to rack and ruin rant and rave risk life and limb short and sweet signed and sealed spic and span through thick and thin this and that top and tail tried and tested wax and wane
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