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单词 cousin
释义
cousin
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌz.ən/
us
/ˈkʌz.ən/
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。
More examples
  • 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.

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Most marriages, however, occur between relatives, particularly between first cousins (39-3 %), and also between those less closely related (21-3%).
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That first trip he had to make a long detour to his cousin's house in the mountains to stay the night.
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Second, it used a wide array of kinship levels, including twins, siblings, half-siblings and cousins, in approximately representative proportions.
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In diagonal households, heads coresided with their uncles, cousins, or both.
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The three cousins each lived in separate households but played together regularly.
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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.
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She spent the summer of 1751 with the son of her firstcousinand his wife.#!
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Table 2 shows the frequency of different types of firstcousinmarriages.
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The study of consanguinity has brought to light mainly marriages of first cousins, first cousins once removed and second cousins.
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There was no information to distinguish between first cousins and other cousins.
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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.
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English, for instance, names cousins and half brothers or sisters, whereas the indigenous languages use brother and sister for all of the above.
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