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.