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A2achildof a person'sauntoruncle, or, moregenerally, adistant(= notclose)relation: 堂(或表)兄弟;堂(或表)姐妹;远房亲戚 My brother'swifeand I both hadbabiesaround the sametime, so the cousins are verycloseinage.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 ofourdistantcousins, whom we hadn'tseenforyears, came to my sister'swedding.我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。 See alsofirst cousin second cousin Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesyour relatives - relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
- extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
- relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
- kinHe remained true to his kin.
- mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.
See more results » amemberof agroupofpeoplewithsimilarorigins: (具有相似渊源的)兄弟民族(或国家)的人WeAmericansoweagreatdealtoourEuropeancousins.我们美国人得到欧洲兄弟的许多帮助。 something that isrelatedto orsimilarto another thing: The cardoon is aclosecousinoftheartichoke. Theworkis acontemporarycousintoMozart's "MagicFlute". - I went over to Ireland for my cousin'swedding.
- Tiago has nine cousins - fivegirlsand fourboys.
- Sheranexcitedlydown thehalltogreether cousins.
- All of the cousins are verycloseandlovemeetingup.
- Daniel and Ralph are cousins -theirmumsaresisters.
- A cousin of theubiquitouspeach, theapricotisavailablein manyvarieties.
- Thefilmhas adarkfatalismthatrendersit aclosecousin to Blade Runner.
- Thesegamesare liketheirpopularPS2, GameCube, and Xbox cousins, except noconsoleisneeded.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFamily: relations in general - anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- grand-nephew
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- loved one
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: (Definition ofcousinfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)A2(alsofirst cousin)achildof a person'sauntoruncle, or, moregenerally, adistant(= notclose)relation 堂(或表)兄弟;堂(或表)姐妹;远房亲戚My brother'swifeand I both hadbabiesaround the sametime, so the cousins are verycloseinage.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 ofourdistantcousins, whom we hadn'tseenforyears, came to my sister'swedding.我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。 amemberof agroupofpeoplewithsimilarorigins (具有相似渊源的)兄弟民族(或国家)的人We AmericansoweagreatdealtoourEuropeancousins.我们美国人得到欧洲兄弟的许多帮助。 - I went over to Ireland for my cousin'swedding.
- Tiago has nine cousins - fivegirlsand fourboys.
- Sheranexcitedly down thehalltogreether cousins.
- All of the cousins are verycloseandlovemeetingup.
- Daniel and Ralph are cousins -theirmumsaresisters.
cousin| American Dictionaryachildof a person’sauntoruncle (Definition ofcousinfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofcousincousin Most marriages, however, occur between relatives, particularly between first cousins (39-3 %), and also between those less closely related (21-3%).From theCambridge English Corpus That first trip he had to make a long detour to his cousin's house in the mountains to stay the night.From theCambridge English Corpus Second, it used a wide array of kinship levels, including twins, siblings, half-siblings and cousins, in approximately representative proportions.From theCambridge English Corpus In diagonal households, heads coresided with their uncles, cousins, or both.From theCambridge English Corpus The three cousins each lived in separate households but played together regularly.From theCambridge English Corpus Other problems that need to be addressed in practice include the impact of age differences between cousins on resemblance in the children of twins design.From theCambridge English Corpus She spent the summer of 1751 with the son of her firstcousinand his wife.#!From theCambridge English Corpus Table 2 shows the frequency of different types of firstcousinmarriages.From theCambridge English Corpus The study of consanguinity has brought to light mainly marriages of first cousins, first cousins once removed and second cousins.From theCambridge English Corpus There was no information to distinguish between first cousins and other cousins.From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, it was not uncommon in the absence of household division for household heads to live with coresident uncles and coresident older cousins.From theCambridge English Corpus English, for instance, names cousins and half brothers or sisters, whereas the indigenous languages use brother and sister for all of the above.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/cousin## |