3N-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. 对等物;对等的人;相关的人(或事物)
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.
ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤first, second堂/表兄弟姐妹;遠房堂/表兄弟姐妹▸➤distant, remote (BrE) 遠房堂親/表親▸➤close, kissing (NAmE, bothfigurative) 近親;關係密切的事物◇These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog.這些豬和野豬是近親。◇the popular idea that creativity and madness are kissing cousins認為創造力和瘋狂存在着密切關係的流行觀點➤baby, little嬰兒堂/表兄弟姐妹;小堂/表兄弟姐妹◇I have a new baby cousin.我有個新出生的小堂妹。➤female, male堂/表姐妹;堂/表兄弟▸➤long-lost失散已久的堂親/表親◇Completely out of the blue, she got a letter from her long-lost cousin in Ohio.她收到失散很久的表親從俄亥俄寄來的一封信,這完全出乎意料。➤beloved, favourite/favorite喜愛的堂親/表親;最喜愛的堂親/表親PHRASES➤cousin once, twice, etc. removed隔了一代、兩代等的堂親/表親◇She's my first cousin once removed (= of a different generation).她是我堂兄的女兒。