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    A kinsman is a male relative — an uncle, a cousin, a man of your family. The word is old-fashioned now. You will find it in the Bible, in history, and in legal or literary English; a student talking about family today would say relative, cousin, or uncle. Though actually, kinsman can sound a little wider than . It often means a man of the same kin-group, not only the closest household. Do not hear kin as kind: a kinsman is not 'a kind man'.

    男親戚、男性親屬

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組成kin + -s- + man. From Middle English kynnesman. The -s- joins the two halves.

同家族的字

  • kinthe root: family
  • manthe second half: a male person
  • kinswomanthe female pair, built the same way
  • kinsfolkyour relatives as a group; same kin

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Kinsmanname

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    A surname.

kinsmannoun[ˈkʰɪnz.mən]

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    A male relative.

    • And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。