cousin
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkʌz.ən/ us/ˈkʌz.ən/
A2 堂（或表）兄弟;堂（或表）姐妹;远房亲戚
a child of a person's aunt or uncle, or, more generally, a distant (= not close) relation
My brother's wife and I both had babies around the same time, so the cousins are very close in age. 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 of our distant cousins, whom we hadn't seen for years, came to my sister's wedding. 我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。
See also: first cousinsecond cousin
（具有相似渊源的）兄弟民族（或国家）的人
a member of a group of people with similar origins
We Americans owe a great deal to our European cousins. 我们美国人得到欧洲兄弟的许多帮助。
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- I went over to Ireland for my cousin's wedding.
- Tiago has nine cousins - five girls and four boys.
- She ran excitedly down the hall to greet her cousins.
- All of the cousins are very close and love meeting up.
- Daniel and Ralph are cousins - their mums are sisters.
- A cousin of the ubiquitous peach, the apricot is available in many varieties.
- The film has a dark fatalism that renders it a close cousin to Blade Runner.
- These games are like their popular PS2, GameCube, and Xbox cousins, except no console is needed.