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  • Derivatives : n  cousinship ; adj  cousinly ; adv  cousinly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

cousin ['k^zn]
  1. 1. noun [c] (older male on father's side) 堂兄
  2. 2. noun (younger male on father's side) 堂弟
  3. 3. noun (older female on father's side) 堂姐
  4. 4. noun (younger female on father's side) 堂妹
  5. 5. noun (older male on mother's side) 表兄
  6. 6. noun (younger male on mother's side) 表弟
  7. 7. noun (older female on mother's side) 表姐
  8. 8. noun (younger female on mother's side) 表妹
    first cousin
    嫡堂或表兄弟姐妹
    second cousin
    远房堂或表兄弟姐妹

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cousin [ˈkʌzən]
  1. 1. n.[c] 堂兄弟,堂姐妹;表兄弟,表姐妹
    My cousins lived not far from us, on the same stretch of road.
    我堂兄妹们住得离我们不远,就在同一条路上
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 卡曾
  3. 3. n.[c] 远亲同辈同胞
  4. 4. noun [Person Name] 库赞

Collins English-English Dictionary

cousin ['k^zən]
  1. 1. n first cousin cousin-german full cousin the child of one's aunt or uncle
  2. 2. n a relative who has descended from one of one's common ancestors. A person's second cousin is the child of one of his parents' first cousins. A person's third cousin is the child of one of his parents' second cousins. A first cousin once removed (or loosely second cousin) is the child of one's first cousin
  3. 3. n a member of a group related by race, ancestry, interests, etc
    our Australian cousins
  4. 4. n a title used by a sovereign when addressing another sovereign or a nobleman
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus cousin, from sobrinus cousin on the mother's side; related to soror sister

Examples

My cousin is in apposition with Mary in "Mary, my cousin, is here".
在“我的表妹玛丽在这儿”此句中,“我的表妹”与“玛丽”是同位(或同格)关系。
A cousin-german is a first cousin
同祖父母(或外祖父母)的兄弟(或姐妹),是堂(或表)兄弟(或姐妹)
the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed
a cousin in the second degree
隔堂(或表)兄弟(或姐妹)
then you must be my cousin
那么你还是我的远房亲戚啰
one's first cousin once removed
表(或堂)兄弟的子女;表(或堂)姐妹的子女

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