agnate
a. 男方亲属的, 宗族的 n. 男方亲属
发音
US
/ˈæɡneɪt/
词形变化
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复数
agnates
more agnate
比较级
most agnate
最高级
释义与例句
n.
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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.
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2.
Any paternal male relative.
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3.
A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
语言学
adj.
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1.
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
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2.
allied; akin
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3.
Having a similar semantic meaning.
语言学
词汇关系
词源
Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).
来源:wiktionary