kin /kɪn/ noun [plural] 1. informal (also kinsfolk, kinfolk American EnglishAmE old-fashioned)FAMILY your family 家人，家属，亲属
2 next of kin formalFAMILY your most closely related family 最近的亲属，直系亲属 We’ll have to notify the next of kin of his death. 我们得把他去世的消息通知他的直系亲属。
→ kindred → kith and kin