a kind of

Aluminium is a kind of metal.

铝是一种金属.

She had a kind of vacant look on her face.

她脸上有种茫然的神情。

Many girls have a kind of mechanical attitude towards sex.

许多女孩在性方面会有些率性而为。

The imperative mood is a kind of grammatical phenomenon.

祈使语气是一种语法现象.

Peony is a kind of herbs.

牡丹是一种草本植物.

The bat judges distances by a kind of echo-location.

蝙蝠用一种回声测定法来判断距离.

Malaria is a kind of serious malady.

疟疾是一种严重的疾病.

I realized with a kind of dull shock that I didn't recognize a single name.

我暗自一惊，发现一个名字都不认识。

Strictly, mania is a kind of madness which makes people violent.

严格地说, 狂热是一种使人极端性的精神病.

The butterfly is a kind of water sport.

蝶式游泳是一种水上运动.

Have you eaten a kind of fruit called olive?

你吃过橄榄这种水果吗?

Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.

即使被动接受该政权也是一种通敌行为。

Such a kind of thing has never been known of before.

这种事情以前闻所未闻.

She maintained a kind of meek-ness.

她保持着一种温顺的态度。

The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct

想在混乱中理出头绪是一种知性本能。

I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.

我认为经济将停留在缓慢发展的阶段。

The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.

这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。

Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me

母亲让我相信新出生的宝宝是给我的一个礼物。

He had a kind of feeling that she would phone him.

他有一种预感,她会打电话给他.

Many girls have a kind of mechanical attitude towards sex

许多女孩在性方面会有些率性而为。

The sketch should be a kind of rehearsal for the eventual painting.

草图应该是最终绘画的某种演练。

In some people's view, TV series is a kind of quasi-art.

在某些人看来，电视连续剧是一种准艺术。

Crane is a kind of bird with very long legs and neck.

鹤是一种腿和脖子都很长的鸟.

Even in the desert there was a kind of social hierarchy.

即便在沙漠中也存在某种社会等级制度。

The government panicked into imposing a kind of cultural homogeneity.

政府在恐慌下开始强制实施某种文化统一政策。