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