cousins是什么意思？

cousins

• n. 堂[表]兄弟[姊妹]( cousin的名词复数 )，远亲，同辈，同胞；

例句

• I have seventeen cousins. 我有17个堂〔表〕兄弟姐妹。
• And another book said Nuwa and Fuxi were cousins. 但是另一种传说是:女娲是与伏羲为兄妹.
• My mother's nieces are my cousins. 我母亲的侄女是我的表妹.
• Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins. 各位妈妈, 爸爸, 姐妹, 兄弟, 朋友还有亲戚.
• All my family were there - aunties , uncles and cousins. 我的所有家人都在那 —— 阿姨, 叔叔和堂兄弟姐妹.
• " Cousins shouldn't marry, even second cousins. It weakens the strain. " 表兄妹不应该结婚, 就是从表兄妹也不应该, 那会削弱血统的.
• She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins. 她带他们去拜访她那些不苟言笑的表兄表姐们。
• Male or female can both have the heirship to the throne, including grandsons, cousins. 不论男女,对皇位都有继承权, 包括孙子 、 堂兄妹.
• Elves share a passionate and emotional nature with many of their fey cousins. 精灵和他们的fey同胞一样,天生感情丰富.
• Whereas West Germans drink wine, their Eastern cousins prefer Schnapps. 西德人喝葡萄酒，而他们东德的兄弟姐妹则喜欢喝杜松子酒。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  同辈表亲(或堂亲);堂兄弟(或姐妹);表兄弟(或姐妹)
  Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt.
  例句
  My cousin Mark helped me... 表兄马克帮了我。 We are cousins. 我们是表亲。
• N-COUNT
  对等物;对等的人;相关的人(或事物)
  If you refer to two things or groups of people as cousins, you mean that they are equivalents or that there is a connection between them.
  例句
  Whereas West Germans drink wine, their Eastern cousins prefer Schnapps... 西德人喝葡萄酒，而他们东德的兄弟姐妹则喜欢喝杜松子酒。 The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin. 欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。