kin-der-garten /'kindagaitn; NAmE -dargairtn/ noun (from German) 1 {especially
kin-dle /'kindl/ verb 1 to start burning; to make a fire start
burning 开始燃烧；点燃：[V] We watched as the
_/iire sZowZy fcim«ed.我们看着火慢慢地燃烧起来。◊ [VN] to fcfmHe a戶re/flame.点火；点燃火焰 2 to
make sth such as an interest, emotion, etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be
felt by sb激起（兴趣、感情等）；发展起来；被感
受到：[VN] It was her teacher who
kindled her interest in music.是她的老师激发了她对音乐的兴趣。◊ [V】Suspicion toidled
within her. 她渐渐产生了 怀疑。 kind-ling /'kindliq/ noun [U] small dry pieces of
wocxi, etc. used to start a fire 引 A柴；引火物
kindly /'kaindli/ adv., adj.
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linakindway体贴地；慈祥地；友好地；宽容
地：She spofce fcindfy to them.她与他们亲切女谈。◊ He has fcindZy agreed to he〖p..他友好h答应_忙。2(〇以- fashioned, formal) used to ask or tell sb to do sth, espe-
cially when you are annoyed (尤用于烦恼时请人或让
人做某事）舍驾，请：沿‘ndZy 〖eave me
aZone/ ii不矣打 扰我！ ◊ Visitors are kindly requested to
sign the book. 敬请参观者在这本册子_h签名。rm look kindly on/ upon sth/sb Cfo/777fl/) to approve
of sth/sb 赞同，磕受，
i乂可（某事或人）：He hoped they wouW Zoofc
fcfndiy on Ais request.地希望他们接受他的请求。not take ‘kindly to sth/?b to not like sth/sb 不喜欢某事物/ 人：She doesn’t take fcindZy fo
sudden dumge.她不备欢突■然的 改变。
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adj. [only before noun] (old-fashioned or literary) kin3 and caring ★善的；亲切酷；关杯的；体貼的► kind.li.ness noun [U]
kind-neSS /'kaindnss/
noun 1 [U] the quality of
being kind 仁慈；善良；体贴；宽
容：to treat sb with kindness and
consiVieratio/i 待人体 贴周到2 [C] a kind act友好（或仁慈、体貼）的举动：
I can never repay your many kindnesses to me.
答你对我无微不至的关怀。IHTO1 see kill v., milk n. kin-dred /'kmdrad/ noun, adj.
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noun {old-fashioned or formal) 1 [pi.] your family
and relatives i 统称）家人，亲属一compare kin 2 [U] the fact of being related to another person 亲属关系；血缘
关系：tieso/fci’ndred亲属关系
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adj. [only before noun] (formal) very similar; related
的；相似的；相关的；有血‘关系的：/oodandfcmdred products 食物及类似产品 〇J fcnew J’d/ound a
fcindred spirit (= a person with
similar ideas, opinions, etc.) ^ 知道我找到了志同道合的人。
kindy /'kmdi/ noun {pi. -ies) [AustralE, NZE, informal)
=KINDERGARTEN
kin.esis
/ki'ni:sis; kai-/ /7〇w/7 [U] (torhn/cfl/ 术语）move- ment运鉍；动作
kin-et-ic /ki'netik; BrE also kai-/ adj. [usually before
noun] 术语）of or produced by
movement 运动的；
运动引起的：fcinetic energy动能 ki.netic 'art noun [u] (art art, especially sculp- ture，with parts that move 5态艺术（尤指雕刻）
king 〇t» /kirj/ noun
1
the male ruler of an independent state that has a royal family 君+ 主.；国王：the fcings and queens 〇/ Engkmd英奋兰国王和王后◊ to be crowned
fcfng接受加 冕为国王◊拓ng George V _王乔治五世2〜（of sth) a person, an animal or a thing that is
thought to be the best or most important of a particular type (人、动 物、事物中的）首屈一指者，最重要者，大王：the hng 〇/ comedy 喜剧之王◊ 77ie Zfon is the
fcfng 〇/ the jungZe. _子是丛林之王。3 used in compounds witii the names of animals or
plants to describe a very large type of the thing mentioned (与动植物名称连用构成复合词，表示
巨型）…之最，…之王，巨型…：afcingpengum王企鹅 4 the
most important piece used in the game of chess, that can move one square in any direction (国际象棋
中的}王一picture o chess 5 a playing card with
the
picture of a king on it (纸牌中的）老 K 一picture o playing card ITiTOI a .king's 'ransom {literary) a very large amount of
money —笔巨■款 H771 fortune see evidence n., uncrowned king-donn /'kirjdam/ noun 1 a country ruled by a
king or queen 王国：the I/nited Kingdom 联合王_国◊ the kingdom 〇/ God (= heaven)天国 2 an area controlled by a particular person
or where a particular thing or idea is important 管辖范围；领域 3
one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world 自然三界之
一：the animal, vegetable
and mineral kingdoms 界、植物界及矿杨界 4
(fc/o/ogy 生）one of the five major
groups into which all living things are organized 界 (生物的五大类别之一）IHTiTl blow sb/sth to kingdom come {informal) to completely destroy
sb/sth with an explosion送…上西天；彻底炸^毁tiH/until kingdom 'come (oW-/fls/?/‘oned) for
ever■永远；永久 king-fish /'kiijfiJ/ noun a long freshwater fish with two parts that function as lungs and make it
able to breathe air 王鱼
king-fish-er /'knjfi^r)/ noun a bird with a long
beak, that catches fish in rivers. The European kingfisher is small and
brightly coloured and the American kingfisher is larger and blue-grey in
colour•翠鸟
'king-hit
noun
{AustralE, NZE, informal) a hard knockout blow 打倒对手的重击；重拳► '(ing-hit verb (-tt-) [VN] king-ly /'kirjli/ adj. {literary) like a king; connected
with or good enough for a king国王似的；_王的；君主的；
适合于君主身份的SEI regal king-maker /'kir)meika(r)/ noun a person who has a
very strong political influence and is able to bring sb else to power as a
leader能扶植领导人的有影响人物；
政界元善
king-pin /'ki^pin/ noun the most important
person in an organization or activity (组织或活动中的）主要人
物，领袖
.King’s 'Bench noun the word for Queen^ Bench when the
• King，s Counsel noun = KC
.King^ 'English noun [u] the word for Queen’s English when the
.King^s 'evidence noun [u] the word for Queers evidence when the
king-ship /'kiQjip/ noun [U] the state of being
a king;
the official position of
a king 国.王身份；王位
'king-size
(also
'king-sized)
adj. [usually before noun]
very large; larger than normal when compared with a range of sizes特大的；大于正常尺寸的：a fcing-size bed特大 号床◊ a fcing-sized
headache特别厉害的头痛
the
.King’s ‘speech now/? the word for the Queen’s speech when the
m noun 1 a bend or twist in
sth that is usually straight (直线物体上的）弯，结：a dog with a /dnfc fn
its taiZ 尾巴上有个结的狗◊ (//々wraf/ve) We need to iron out the fcinfc; in the new
system.我们需要理顺新制度中的一些问
题。2 (/Vj/o/TTia/，d/sapprav/zig) an unusual feature in a person^
character or mind, especially one that does not seem normal 怪癖；怪念头；奇想 3
(AMm£) = crick ■ verb [V, VN] to develop or make sth develop a
bend or twist (使）弯曲，扭结，绞缠
kin-ka-jou
/'kigkadsu:/
noun a small animal with a
very strong tail, which lives in trees in Central and S America and eats mainly
fruit卷尾院熊，蜜熊（栖息于
南美洲密林中，主食水果）
kinky /'kirjki/ adj. {informal, usually disapproving) used to describe
sexual behaviour that most people would consider strange or unusuaP性行为变态的；_性行为'反
常的
kins-folk /'kinzfauk; NAmE -fouk/ noun [pi.] {formal or o/c/-/fl5/7/or?«/)
a person’s relatives (统称个人的）亲戚，
亲属