"kind of" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [英語]

Audio: En-au-kind of.ogg
Etymology: 來自對短語中 kind of 的重分析,如 a kind of merry dance 本來是“a kind + of + merry dance”,被重新分析作“a + kind-of merry + dance”。
  1. 有點,稍微,有幾分 Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sort of, sorta, kinda sorta
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語副詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語無比較級副詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自對短語中 kind of 的重分析,如 a kind of merry dance 本來是“a kind + of + merry dance”,被重新分析作“a + kind-of merry + dance”。",
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "raw_tags": [
    "不可比"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有使用例的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語俗語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語口語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語引文翻譯請求",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "需要清理的引用模板",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?",
          "translation": "我有點兒累了。咱們能在明天完成嗎?"
        },
        {
          "text": "That's the right answer, kind of.",
          "translation": "某種程度上,那確實是正確答案。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, A. M. Arthur, His Fresh Start Cowboy:",
          "text": "He kind of hated the idea of Hugo having been with someone else, even though that was superhypocritical, considering Brand's own previous arrangements with Ramie and Jackson."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "有點,稍微,有幾分"
      ],
      "id": "zh-kind_of-en-adv-ecUoQqSS",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-kind of.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sort of"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorta"
    },
    {
      "word": "kinda sorta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kind of"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "英語副詞",
    "英語無比較級副詞",
    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自對短語中 kind of 的重分析,如 a kind of merry dance 本來是“a kind + of + merry dance”,被重新分析作“a + kind-of merry + dance”。",
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "raw_tags": [
    "不可比"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有使用例的英語詞",
        "有引文的英語詞",
        "英語俗語",
        "英語口語詞",
        "英語引文翻譯請求",
        "需要清理的引用模板"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?",
          "translation": "我有點兒累了。咱們能在明天完成嗎?"
        },
        {
          "text": "That's the right answer, kind of.",
          "translation": "某種程度上,那確實是正確答案。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, A. M. Arthur, His Fresh Start Cowboy:",
          "text": "He kind of hated the idea of Hugo having been with someone else, even though that was superhypocritical, considering Brand's own previous arrangements with Ramie and Jackson."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "有點,稍微,有幾分"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-kind of.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sort of"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorta"
    },
    {
      "word": "kinda sorta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kind of"
}

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