kinsman
kinsman 英 [ˈkɪnzmən] 美 [ˈkɪnzmən]
n. 男性亲戚；同族者
名词复数:kinsmen
- Your kinsman is your family member — someone who's related to you. Even if you don't know your second cousin very well, he's still your kinsman.
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- n. 男性亲戚；同族者
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1. But I - thought you would be kind to me, and protect me, as my kinsman!
不过我——原以为你是我的亲戚，你会对我好的，会保护我的！
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2. Now, get my horse,' she said, addressing her unknown kinsman as she would one of the stable-boys at the Grange.
“现在，把我的马牵来吧，”她对她的不认识的亲戚说，像是她在田庄时对一个马夫说话似的。
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3. Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer.
求你用你的衣襟遮盖我，因为你是我一个至近的亲属。
- kinsman (n.) "man of the same race or family; one related by blood," c. 1200, kenesmen, from late Old English cynnes mannum; see kin + man. Kinswoman is recorded from c. 1400. "The word is commonly and properly used only of a relative by blood, in contradistinction to relatives by marriage, who are properly termed affines" [Century Dictionary, 1902].
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