a kind of

1. ……的一种
   This is a new kind of car.

   这是一种新式的汽车。

2. 几分
   She has a kind of genius.

   她有几分天才。

kind of

1. 有点儿
   She looks kind of pale after her illness.

   她病后面色有点苍白。

of a kind

1. 同一类的
   They are all of a kind.

   他们全是同党。

2. 蹩脚的
   She gave me coffee of a kind.

   她给我喝劣质的咖啡。

• 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.