[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]相似的;类似的 If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
[v-link ADJ to n]
[FORMAL 正式]
Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.
听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。
Oxford
akin/əˈkɪn; NAmEəˈkɪn/adjectiveakinto sth ( formal) similar to 相似的;类似的◆What he felt was more akin to pity than love.他感受到的更像怜悯,而不是爱。akin/əˈkɪn; NAmEəˈkɪn/
LDC
akina‧kin /əˈkɪn/ adjective formal
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akin to something very similar to something: Something akin to panic overwhelmed him.
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akin
[əˈkɪn]
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同族的(56%),同类的(33%),近似的(11%)
adj.类似的;同类的;同族的
n.(Akin)人名;(土、瑞典、尼日利)阿金;(匈)奥金;(英)埃金
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