cousin
美音:
[´kʌzən
]英音:
[´kʌzən
]n.堂兄弟姊妹,表兄弟姊妹
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形容词:cousinly 名词:cousinhood
cousin
/'kʌzn; `kʌzn/
n
1 (also first cousin) child of one's uncle or aunt 堂[表]兄弟姐妹
*She is my cousin. 她是我的表姐.
* We are cousins, ie children of each other's aunts/uncles. 我们是表亲. Cf 参看 second cousin (second1). => App
8 见附录8.
2 (idm 习语) a country cousin => country.
cousin
n[C][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;Origin: cosin, from
Latin consobrinus, from com- (
COM-) + sobrinus
'cousin on the mother's side' (from soror
'sister')]
the child of your
uncle or
aunt→
first cousin, kissing cousin, second cousinsomething that has the same origins as something else
cousin of/to a drug that is a chemical cousin to amphetaminesclose/distant cousin The Alaskan brown bear is a close cousin of the grizzly bear.someone or something that is similar to someone or something else
His avant-garde music, sometime cousin to jazz, had limited appeal.
1. My cousin, Harry, keeps a large curiously-shaped bottle on permanent display in his study. 我的堂兄哈里在他的书房里一直摆着一只形状古怪的大瓶子。
2. My cousin gently nudged me out of the bedroom into the living room. 我表姐轻轻地用肘推我,示意我从卧室走进客厅。
3. Rose is my cousin. 琼是我的堂姐.
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