- 1男親戚、男性親屬
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'.
core核心畫面
組成kin + -s- + man. From Middle English kynnesman. The -s- joins the two halves.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.
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