大家能总结一下类似于some kind of 之类的词组吗？

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40. For thousands of years, people have used some （kind ）of refrigeration （cooling ）beverages and preserve edibles.
乍一看感觉是kind用复数，有人能总结一下类似的用法吗？好让大家都能有个清楚地认识呢。