cousin

英['kʌzn]美['kʌzn]
  • n. 堂(或表)兄弟(姐妹)

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自拉丁词consobrinus，表亲，来自sobr-，姐妹，词源同sister,sorority.即母亲的姐妹的子女。
    谐音记忆法
    还可以发音想成“客人”（逢年过节堂表兄弟来家玩算不算客人？）
      noun(名词)
      1. 堂（或表）兄弟;堂（或表）姐妹;远房亲戚
      2. （具有相似渊源的）兄弟民族（或国家）的人

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 堂（或表）兄弟;堂（或表）姐妹;远房亲戚

      My brother's wife and I both had babies around the same time, so the cousins are very close in age.

      我嫂子和我差不多同时生了孩子，因此这对表兄妹年纪相仿。

      Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn't seen for years, came to my sister's wedding.

      我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。

    2. （具有相似渊源的）兄弟民族（或国家）的人

      We Americans owe a great deal to our European cousins.

      我们美国人得到欧洲兄弟的许多帮助。

    小知识

    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.

    A cousin is a relative that's farther from you than an immediate relation like your brother or sister, usually the child of your aunt or uncle. Depending on how many children are born into your family, you might have tons of cousins you've never even met, like your distant cousin Johnny who went wild up in Alaska. We also use cousin to describe a kind of family resemblance between things, like the way barbecue sauce is the cousin of ketchup.

    实用短语

    1. my cousin vinny

      我的堂兄文尼,智勇急转弯,英文名,妙计扭干坤

    2. le cousin pons

      邦斯舅舅

    3. cousin cousine

      表兄妹

    4. cousin island

      库金岛

    5. second cousin

      表侄,表姑,表叔,二表妹

    6. my cousin

      我的表哥,我的表弟,我的表姐,我的小表弟

    7. my cousin henry

      我的表哥亨利

    8. male cousin

      表兄弟,堂兄弟

    9. female cousin

      表姊妹,堂姊妹

    常用短语

    1. first cousin

      堂兄弟姊妹

    2. distant cousin

      远表兄妹

    3. second cousin

      远房堂或表兄弟姊妹

    单词用法

    单词解说1
    cousin的基本意思是“堂（表〕兄弟姊妹”，即叔、伯、姑、舅、姨的子女，引申还可作“远亲”“同辈”“同族者”“同胞”解，指有亲缘关系或种族、文化等方面相关联的人，后面接介词of强调身份，跟to强调亲戚关系。
    单词解说2
    如要表示性别，可在前面加boy,male或girl,female。
    重要短语
    first cousin堂兄弟姊妹
    distant cousin远表兄妹
    second cousin远房堂或表兄弟姊妹

    同义词

    n.亲属,亲戚

    kinsman  /  kinswoman  /  kin  /  congener

    其他释义

    relative

    同根词

    词根：cousin

    adj.

    cousinly堂兄弟姐妹关系的

    adv.

    cousinly堂兄弟姐妹关系地