cousin 英 [ˈkʌzn]   美 ['kʌzn]

cousin

cousin  英 [ˈkʌzn] 美 ['kʌzn]

n. 堂兄弟姊妹;表兄弟姊妹 

名词复数:cousins 

She's my cousin. 她是我的表妹。
We're cousins. 我们是表亲。

  • If Aunt Sally has a kid, that kid is your cousin, and if Aunt Sally's kid has a kid, and you have a kid too, then your kid and Sally's kid's kid are second cousins.
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  • n. 堂兄弟姊妹;表兄弟姊妹
  • 1. She's my cousin.

    她是我的表妹。

  • 2. We're cousins.

    我们是表亲。

  • 3. He's a distant cousin of mine.

    他是我远房的一个表亲。

  • cousin (n.) early 13c., "a collateral blood relative more remote than a brother or sister" (mid-12c. as a surname), from Old French cosin "nephew; kinsman; cousin" (12c., Modern French cousin), from Latin consobrinus "cousin," originally "mother's sister's son," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see com-) + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother's side," from soror (genitive sororis) "sister" (see sister).
cousin / ˈkʌzn ; NAmE ˈkʌzn / noun 1 ( also ˌfirst ˈcousin ) a child of your aunt or uncle 同辈表亲(或堂亲);堂兄(或弟、姊、妹);表兄(或弟、姊、妹) She's my cousin. 她是我的表妹。 We're cousins. 我们是表亲。 see also country cousin , second cousin 2 a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you 远房亲戚;远亲 He's a distant cousin of mine. 他是我远房的一个表亲。 3 [usually plural ] a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country 兄弟的…国人民(对与本民族有某些类似的另一国家人民的说法) our American cousins 我们兄弟的美国人民 4 [usually plural ] a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way 同族;同类 Asian elephants are smaller than their African cousins. 亚洲象比它们的非洲同类小些。 cousin cousins cousin / ˈkʌzn ; NAmE ˈkʌzn /
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