cousin

英 [ˈkʌzn]

美 [ˈkʌzn]

n.  同辈表亲(或堂亲); 堂兄(或弟、姊、妹); 表兄(或弟、姊、妹); 远房亲戚; 远亲; 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)

复数：cousins　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.3010 / COCA.2714

牛津词典

noun

• 同辈表亲（或堂亲）；堂兄（或弟、姊、妹）；表兄（或弟、姊、妹）
  a child of your aunt or uncle
  1. She's my cousin.
     她是我的表妹。
  2. We're cousins.
     我们是表亲。
• 远房亲戚；远亲
  a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you
  1. He's a distant cousin of mine.
     他是我远房的一个表亲。
• 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）
  a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country
  1. our American cousins
     我们兄弟的美国人民

柯林斯词典

• See also:My cousin Mark helped me...We are cousins.country cousinsecond cousin
• See also:Whereas West Germans drink wine, their Eastern cousins prefer Schnapps...The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin....misanthropy and its cousin racism.country cousin

英英释义

noun

• the child of your aunt or uncle
  Synonym:first cousincousin-germanfull cousin

双语例句

• My cousin Henry, he waltzes in a few months later at three times the salary.
  我堂弟亨利几个月之后入职时轻而易举地拿到了3倍的薪水。
• My husband's cousin is an acquaintance of Lord northcliffe.
  我丈夫的堂兄认识诺思克利夫勋爵。
• Allow me to present my wife's cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.
  请允许我介绍我妻子的表哥，扎卡里·科伦索先生。
• He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.
  他追查到了堂弟和叔叔的下落，发现叔叔这时正在病中。
• Mack boosted his cousin into a better job.
  麦克吹捧自己的堂兄，使他得到较好的工作。
• We are cousins.
  我们是表亲。
• He called cousin with the mayor.
  他和市长有亲属关系。
• Eric was my cousin Edward's boy
  埃里克是我表兄爱德华的儿子。
• His cousin just came for him.
  他表哥刚才来找他。
• George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin
  乔治逃脱了和他表亲的包办婚姻。