agnate

a. 男方亲属的, 宗族的 n. 男方亲属

发音

US /ˈæɡneɪt/

词形变化

agnates 复数 agnates more agnate 比较级 most agnate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.

    A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.

  2. 2.

    Any paternal male relative.

  3. 3.

    A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.

  2. 2.

    allied; akin

  3. 3.

    Having a similar semantic meaning.

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词汇关系

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词源

Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

来源:wiktionary