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

• Special kinsfolk address words;
  特殊亲属称呼语；
• The address words for elder kinsfolk;
  指称二层亲属关系长辈的称呼语；
• Poor Emily. Her kinsfolk should come to her
  可怜的埃米莉，她的亲人应该到她这来。
• Natasha did not care for society in general, but she greatly prized the society of her kinsfolk& of Countess Marya, her brother, her mother, and Sonya.
  一般说来，娜塔莎不喜欢交际，但她很重视亲戚的来往，珍惜同玛丽亚伯爵夫人、哥哥、母亲和索尼娅的来往。
• A Study of Feminist Anthropology and the Kinsfolk System of the Ethnic Hans
  女性主义人类学与汉人亲属制度研究
• If I were King, my daughter would be the princess and my relatives imperial kinsfolk.
  我若为王，我的女儿就是公主；我的亲眷都是皇亲国戚。
• 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。
• The palace names Zhangmin, Dunmu and Yanging are explained first time. Yelunu's antecedents and kinsfolk relationships are also explained in the paper.
  新释出了彰愍、敦睦、延庆等宫名，并诠释了墓主人的履历及亲属关系。
• 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。
• 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。