kinsman
kinsman — 名詞
- kinsmansingular
- kinsmenplural
1. a man linked to another person by birth into the same family — for example, a br
男性親屬
與某人有血緣關係的男性家族成員
a man linked to another person by birth into the same family — for example, a brother, uncle, cousin, or grandfather; the word is old-fashioned and appears mostly in historical, legal, or literary writing.
At the funeral, Imani was greeted by an elderly kinsman she had never met before.
在葬禮上，Imani 被一位她從未見過的年長男性親屬上前問候。
possessive + kinsman to introduce a previously-unknown male relative
The old letters showed that Tomás was a distant kinsman of the village mayor.
那些舊信件顯示，Tomás 是村長的遠房男性親屬。
a kinsman of + named person (lineage framing)
In the play, the prince refuses to draw his sword against a fellow kinsman.
在那齣戲中，王子拒絕對一位同為家族成員的男性親屬拔劍相向。
literary register: fellow kinsman
Hana inherited the small farm from a kinsman who died without children of his own.
Hana 從一位沒有子女的男性親屬那裡繼承了那座小農場。
inheritance / legal context where 'kinsman' commonly appears
The chief welcomed Kofi to the village as a long-lost kinsman.
酋長把 Kofi 當成失散多年的男性親屬一樣歡迎他進入村子。
- distant kinsman
- fellow kinsman
- elderly kinsman
- a kinsman of
- relative
everyday, gender-neutral, no formal flavour
- relation
slightly more formal than 'relative'; still gender-neutral
- male relative
plain modern equivalent of 'kinsman'
- blood relative
stresses shared ancestry; covers both sexes
文法句型
someone's kinsman
a kinsman of [name]
用法筆記
Formal and old-fashioned. In everyday speech most speakers say 'male relative' or name the relationship directly ('my uncle', 'my cousin'). Common in historical novels, biblical and legal contexts, and clan or tribal settings.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- distant kinsman
- fellow kinsman
- elderly kinsman
- long-lost kinsman
常用片語
- next of kin (related but separate phrase using 'kin')
介系詞搭配
- a kinsman of
- kinsman to