Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years. The cricket is a cousin of the grasshopper. hurricanes and their cousins, typhoons
Recent Examples on the WebThere are nine Barlows on the roster and three Jessops, the most common surnames in Short Creek, where most everyone is a cousin. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Obviously Ogden’s patent is only a distant cousin to the latest high-performance peddlers, but even the most modern machines follow the same basic design principles.WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022 Garrett Stover is the cousin of current Ohio State tight end Cade Stover. Stephen Means, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 The virus originated in Africa and is the cousin of the smallpox virus. Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Rapper and community activist Trae Tha Truth took to Instagram Tuesday to address a video that surfaced this week of him and his crew appearing to jump fellow Houston rapper Z-Ro, who also happens to be his cousin. Ariana Garcia, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022 Father Mike, who coached his boys’ youth teams, played indoors with the San Diego Sockers and is a cousin of Galaxy technical director Jovan Kirovski, a former U.S. national team player. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 Taylor was a banker and builder who was cousin to future presidents James Madison and Zachary Taylor.The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2022 And, the man who prefers to be known as just ‘Ran,’ is a cousin to actors Ralph and Joseph. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English cosin, from Anglo-French cusin, cosin, from Latin consobrinus, from com- + sobrinus second cousin, from soror sister — more at sister
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。