a kind of

1. ……的一種
   This is a new kind of car.

   這是一種新式的汽車。

2. 幾分
   She has a kind of genius.

   她有幾分天才。

kind of

1. 有點兒
   She looks kind of pale after her illness.

   她病後面色有點蒼白。

of a kind

1. 同一類的
   They are all of a kind.

   他們全是同黨。

2. 蹩腳的
   She gave me coffee of a kind.

   她給我喝劣質的咖啡。

• in kind
  
  1. in the same way.
  2. (of payment) in goods or services as opposed to money.
• kind of
  informal rather.
• nothing of the kind
  not at all like the thing in question.
  ▸expressing emphatic denial:

  he did nothing of the kind.
• of its kind
  within the limitations of its class.
• of a kind
  hardly or only partly deserving the name:
  there is tribute, of a kind, in such popularity.
• one of a kind
  unique.
• two (or three, four, etc.) of a kind
  
  1. the same or very similar.
  2. (of cards) having the same face value but of a different suit.