亚洲网紅露点

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akin

[ uh-kin ]

adjective

  1. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):

    cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.

  2. allied by nature; having the same properties:

    Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. having or showing an affinity; kindred:

    They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.



akin

/ 蓹藞办瑟苍 /

adjective

  1. related by blood; of the same kin
  2. often foll by to having similar characteristics, properties, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of akin1

First recorded in 1580鈥90; a- 2, kin
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Her husband described the odor as akin to an 鈥渙ld car engine.鈥

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"Ukraine could have got a year ago what was included in that proposal, it is akin to a capitulation. I cannot discern any added value."

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It is, exactly as Adebimpe suggested, akin to a mixtape that acts as a time capsule for a portentous period for an individual as much as the collective.

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Trump鈥檚 faux daily press briefing and access is more akin to the established TV format of game show host.

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During this era, known as the Gilded Age, the wealthiest families in America, such as the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts, formed a new social elite akin to European aristocracy.

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