cousin

英 ['kʌz(ə)n] 美['kʌzn]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词kinsman kin congener

n. 堂兄弟姊妹；表兄弟姊妹

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中文词源

cousin 表亲

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。

词态变化

复数: cousins;

英文词源

cousin: cousin: [13] The word cousin is etymologically related to sister. It comes via Old French cosin from Latin consobrīnus, which meant literally ‘child of one’s mother’s sister’ – that is, ‘cousin on one’s mother’s side’ (consobrīnus was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and sobrīnus ‘maternal cousin’, a derivative of soror ‘sister’ and relative of English sister).

By the time it entered English, it had already broadened out in meaning to cover paternal as well as maternal cousins, and indeed in the Middle Ages it was applied more generally still to any relative other than one’s parents or brother and sister (probably through association with Latin consanguineus ‘blood relative’).
=> sister
cousin (n.): mid-12c., from Old French cosin (12c., Modern French cousin) "nephew, kinsman, cousin," from Latin consobrinus "cousin," originally "mother's sister's son," from com- "together" (see com-) + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother's side," from soror (genitive sororis) "sister."

Italian cugino, Danish kusine, Polish kuzyn also are from French. German vetter is from Old High German fetiro "uncle," perhaps on the notion of "child of uncle." Words for cousin tend to drift to "nephew" on the notion of "father's nephew."

Many IE languages (including Irish, Sanskrit, Slavic, and some of the Germanic tongues) have or had separate words for some or all of the eight possible "cousin" relationships, such as Latin, which along with consobrinus had consobrina "mother's sister's daughter," patruelis "father's brother's son," atruelis "mother's brother's son," amitinus "father's sister's son," etc. Old English distinguished fæderan sunu "father's brother's son," modrigan sunu "mother's sister's son," etc.

Used familiarly as a term of address since early 15c., especially in Cornwall. Phrase kissing cousin is Southern U.S. expression, 1940s, apparently denoting "those close enough to be kissed in salutation;" Kentish cousin (1796) is an old British term for "distant relative."

双语例句

1. I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.: 我再次尝试联系我的表妹琼。

2. Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.: 她表兄是美发师，正在免费给她烫发。

3. George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin.: 乔治逃脱了和他表亲的包办婚姻。

4. Allow me to present my wife's cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.: 请允许我介绍我妻子的表哥，扎卡里·科伦索先生。

5. He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.: 他追查到了堂弟和叔叔的下落，发现叔叔这时正在病中。

英英释意

1. the child of your aunt or uncle

考试真题

The Obama administration does worry publicly about manufacturing, a first cousin of craftsmanship.

The Cascadia Earthquake Zone is big enough to compete with San Andreas it's been called the most dangerous fault in Americ, but it's much lesser known than its California cousin.

A cousin to the watched-pot wait is the forced wait.

"My father was an RAF pilot and my cousin the skipper of a Lancaster lost over Berlin," he adds.

实用场景例句

She's my cousin.: 她是我的表妹。

We're cousins.: 我们是表亲。

He's a distant cousin of mine.: 他是我远房的一个表亲。

our American cousins: 我们兄弟的美国人民

The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.: 欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。

My cousin Mark helped me...: 表兄马克帮了我。

We are cousins.: 我们是表亲。

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。

My cousin first, don't understand, so not arrogate events for guard to see her . " unfortunately. ": 我表哥初来报到, 并不了解事件的来由, 所以没有作提防才不幸见到 “ 她 ”.

She is a cousin on my father's.: 她是我父亲的表妹。

Hogae: What if my cousin, the one you call greenae, is the real King of Jyooshin?: 昊凯: 那如果我的表哥, 也就是你的爱人, 是真的jiusin王呢 ?

MANY are seduced by gold, but its less illustrious cousin, silver, is now attracting considerable attention.: 许多人为黄金而着迷, 但它不那么显赫的表弟——白银 —— 眼下正吸引越来越多的关注.

The nearest member of my family still alive is a rather distant cousin.: 我家在世的近亲是我的远房堂兄.

He called cousin with the mayor.: 他和市长有亲属关系.

Mark boosted his cousin into a better job.: 马克吹捧自己的堂兄,使他得到较好的工作.

She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.: 她决心要向杀害表妹的凶手报仇.

I would like to disabuse your mind of the idea that your cousin has a feeling of hostility to you. On the contrary he spoke to me in the most friendly terms of you.: 我想消除你以为你的堂兄对你有敌意的误会. 相反,他跟我说到你时,是以最友善的口吻说的.

She is a distant cousin.: 她是我的远房表妹.

My cousin , who is a painter, is in Japan at present.: 我的表哥是画家, 他现在在日本.

The renegade is the first cousin to a rattlesnake.: 叛徒象响尾蛇一样地毒狠.

His cousin just came for him.: 他表哥刚才来找他.

She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.: 她把职位让给了表弟爱德华爵士.

He's a distant cousin of mine.: 他是我远房的一个表亲。

I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.: 我再次尝试联系我的表妹琼。

Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.: 她表兄是美发师，正在免费给她烫发。

Eric was my cousin Edward's boy.: 埃里克是我表兄爱德华的儿子。

George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin.: 乔治逃脱了和他表亲的包办婚姻。

My cousin Mark helped me.: 表兄马克帮了我。

Allow me to present my wife's cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.: 请允许我介绍我妻子的表哥，扎卡里·科伦索先生。

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