kindergarten /'kindagcctn; NAmE -dargairtn/ noun (from German) 1 (especially NAmE) a school or class to
prepare children aged five for school ¥ fu 2 (BrE, AustralE, NZE) a nursery school .kind-’hearted adj. kind and generous
fzifg ; # 6.
kin dle /'kindl/ verb 1 to
start burning; to make a fire start burning j&M
: [V] We watched as
the
fire slowly kindled. fSjM# 0
[VN] to
kindle a fire/flame 2 to make sth such
as an interest, emotion,
etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be felt by sb ( A®,
J:
[VN]
/t was her teacher who kindled her interest in
music. JtiMigWMTifeSTW 0
[v] Suspi
cion kindled within her.
kind-ling
/'kindlig/
noun [U] small dry pieces of wood, etc. used to start a fire 31 A A; 61 A$J kind ly On /'kaindli/ adv., adj. m adv. 1 in a kind way ftjfeit;
i&: She spoke kindly to them. 0 He
has kindly agreed to
help. f&MR i&'g- MW ft a 2 (old- fashioned, formal) used to ask or tell
sb to do sth, especially when you are annoyed (
,
if: Kindly
leave me alone! if AlftT ! 0 Visitors are kindly
requested to sign the book.
fti#o UnZDI look kindly on/ upon sth/sb (formaI) to approve of sth/sb $ [W], iA A ) : He hoped they would
look kindly on
his request. not take 'kindly
to sth/sb to not like sth/sb She
doesn’t take kindly to sudden
change. M
A # $$ tfi
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adj. [only before noun] (old-fashioned or literary) kind and
caring ► kind-li-ness
noun [U]
kind ness o-w /'kaindnas/ noun 1 [U] the quality
of being kind fzM', # H.; #16; % §: to treat sb with
kindness and consideration f# Ai£
!®m\ 2 [C] a kind act fc# ( &fzM,
I can never repay your many kindnesses to me. Sc A; felt r»TTI see kill v., milk n. kindred /'kindred/ noun,
adj.
u noun (old-fashioned or formal) 1 [pi ] your family
and relatives ( ) M.A, MM —compare kin 2 [U] the
fact of being related to
another person : ties of kindred 0M
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adj. [only before noun] (formal) very similar; related ^flj[
W;
Jg U A W; A iflL it A 31 W: food and kindred
products nu 0 I knew I’d found a
kindred
spirit (= a person with similar
ideas, opinions, etc.) Sc
kindy /'kindi/ noun (pi. -ies) (AustralE, NZE, informal) = KINDERGARTEN
kin-esis /ki'niisis; kai-/ noun [U] (technical A it) movements^; tj] jf
kin et ic /ki'netik; BrE also kai-/ adj. [usually before noun] (technical A if) of or produced
by movement S tj) ; SSH’ISW: kinetic energy g&flg ki netic 'art noun [U] (art HA) art, especially sculpture, with parts that move ^^^A (
XfnMM
) king On /kiij/ noun
1
the male ruler of an independent state that has a royal family ft A ; |I: the kings and queens of
HA Si o King George V SATffc
M 2 ~
(of sth) a person, an animal or
a thing that is thought to be the best or most important of a particular type ( A, tj,J m, ) IJS-jH#, AA:
the king
of comedy H A A 0 The lion is
the king of the jungle. P3 used in compounds with the names of animals or
plants to describe a very large type of the thing mentioned (
ftfilial, gi ) -^.A, §lU-: a king
penguin A
4
the most important piece used in the game of chess,
that can move one square in any direction ( SIA %■
A
[ft ) A — picture o chess
5 a playing card with
he picture of a king on it
( ) A K — picture
c>
playing
card ITST77I a .king’s 'ransom (literary) a very large amount of
money —
g HT1 fortune fT»T71 see evidence n., uncrowned
king-dom
/'kirjdam/
noun 1 a country ruled by a
king or queen AS: the United Kingdom IS o the kingdom of God (= heaven) A S 2 an area controlled by a
particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important If ft H ; ^ 3
one
of the three
traditional divisions of the
natural world g A If 1Z —: the animal, vegetable
and mineral kingdoms %j If, fil$9lfA#1‘^lf4 (biology A) one of the five major
groups into which all living things are organized If ( )
11*771 blow sb/sth to kingdom
come (informal) to completely destroy
sb/sth with an explosion till/until kingdom
'come (old-fashionecf) for ever 7X3; A A king-fish /'kirjfiJ/ noun a long freshwater
fish
with two parts that function as lungs and make it able to breathe air Ail.
kingfish er /'kir)fija(r)/ noun a bird with a long beak,
that catches fish in rivers. The European kingfisher is small and brightly
coloured and the American kingfisher is larger and blue-grey in colour.
'king-hit noun (AustralE, NZE, informal) a hard knockout blow £#
► king-hit verb (-tt-) [VN]
king-ly /'kirjli/ adj. (literary) like a king; connected with or
good enough for a king IHAfmfft; SAW;
HT1 REGAL
king-maker /'kir)meika(r)/ noun a person who has a very
strong political influence and is able to bring sb else to power as a leader i£fefi^-^A#jW#i»lRl A$f; jEfclfx;^
king-pin /'kirjpin/ noun the most important
person in an organization or activity ( )
±HA
$1,
.King’s Bench noun the word for Queen’s
Bench when
the
.King’s Counsel noun = KC
.King’s 'English noun [u] the word for Queen’s
English when
the
( AAlEjuff'f# Queen’s English )
.King’s 'evidence noun [u] the word for Queen’s
evidence when
the
evidence )
king-ship /‘kirjjip/ noun [U] the state of being a
king;
the official position of a
king BAJlffr; Afi 'king-size (also 'king-sized) adj. [usually before noun] very
large; larger than normal when compared with a range of sizes #A#J;
AAZE'fU'RAW: a king-size bed ^A 0 a king-sized headache
the .King’s 'speech noun the word for the
Queen’s speech when the
IbJA^pN^^, the
Queen’s speech )
kink /kirjk/ noun, verb
m noun 1 a bend or twist in sth that is
usually straight ( ) ^?, : a dog with a kink in its
tail
o (figurative) We need to iron out
the kinks in the new system. ®|bJ
M o 2 (informal, disapproving) an unusual feature in a person’s character or mind,
especially one that does not seem normal 3 (NAmE) = crick
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verb [V, VN] to develop or make sth
develop a bend or twist ( ) Sfft,
kin ka-jou /'kir)kad3u:/ noun a small animal with a
very strong tail, which lives in trees in Central and
t, ±#7jc^)
kinky /'kirjki/ adj. (informal, usually disapproving) used to describe sexual
behaviour that most people would consider strange or unusual '14 W; 14 Vi A fx.
kinsfolk /‘kinzfauk; NAmE -fouk/ noun [pi.] (formal or old-fashioned) a person’s relatives (
^^AAW )
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