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🔑 cousinBrE /ˈkʌzn/NAmE /ˈkʌzn/ noun🔑 (also ˌfirst ˈcousin) a child of your aunt or uncle 同辈表亲(或堂亲);堂兄(或弟、姊、妹);表兄(或弟、姊、妹)◆She's my cousin. 她是我的表妹。◆We're cousins. 我们是表亲。 ➡ see also country cousin, second cousin 🔑 a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you 远房亲戚;远亲◆He's a distant cousin of mine. 他是我远房的一个表亲。 [usually pl.] a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country 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)◆our American cousins 我们兄弟的美国人民 [usually pl.] a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way 同族;同类◆Asian elephants are smaller than their African cousins. 亚洲象比它们的非洲同类小些。 |