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cousin

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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 [ 'kʌzn] [ 'kʌzn]
  1. 1. 堂（或表）兄弟；堂（或表）姐妹[亦称 first（或full）cousin或cousin german：second cousin 父母的堂（或表）兄弟姐妹所生的儿子（或女儿），远房堂（或表）兄弟姐妹 first cousin once removed 堂（或表）兄弟姐妹所生的儿子（或女儿）]
    My cousin is living in France.
    我堂兄现居法国。
    She is a cousin from my mother's side.
    她是我表妹，也就是妈妈那边的亲戚。
  2. 2. [informal] 亲戚
  3. 3. 同辈，同类；同民族，同种族，同胞；（在地位等方面）同等的人
    The English and Australians are sometimes called cousins.
    英国人和澳大利亚人有时被称为同胞。
  4. 4. 原义：旁系亲属，远房亲戚，远亲
    I'm an only child but have ten cousins.
    我是独生子，但有十个表兄妹。
    Both of my parents are only children, so I don't have any cousins.
    我父母都是独生子女，所以我没有表亲和堂亲。
  5. 5. 卿（君主对贵族的尊称）
  6. 6. [American English] [slang] 不知不觉（或无意）地得益的竞争者（或对手）

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
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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。 → apposition
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) → german
the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed → removed
a cousin in the first degree
嫡堂 (或嫡表)兄弟(或姐妹) → degree
a cousin in the second degree
隔堂(或表)兄弟(或姐妹) → degree
a distant cousin
远房亲戚，远房兄弟(或姐妹) → distant
then you must be my cousin
那么你还是我的远房亲戚啰 → must
a cousin once removed
堂(或表)兄弟姐妹的孩子 → once
one's first cousin once removed
表(或堂)兄弟的子女；表(或堂)姐妹的子女 → removed
My cousin is living in France.
我堂兄现居法国。 → cousin
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