cousin是什么意思_cousin怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

cousin: cousin: [13] The word cousin is etymologically related to sister. It comes via Old French cosin from Latin consobrīnus, which meant literally ‘child of one’s mother’s sister’ – that is, ‘cousin on one’s mother’s side’ (consobrīnus was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and sobrīnus ‘maternal cousin’, a derivative of soror ‘sister’ and relative of English sister).

By the time it entered English, it had already broadened out in meaning to cover paternal as well as maternal cousins, and indeed in the Middle Ages it was applied more generally still to any relative other than one’s parents or brother and sister (probably through association with Latin consanguineus ‘blood relative’).
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cousin (n.): mid-12c., from Old French cosin (12c., Modern French cousin) "nephew, kinsman, cousin," from Latin consobrinus "cousin," originally "mother"s sister"s son," from com- "together" (see com-) + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother"s side," from soror (genitive sororis) "sister."

Italian cugino, Danish kusine, Polish kuzyn also are from French. German vetter is from Old High German fetiro "uncle," perhaps on the notion of "child of uncle." Words for cousin tend to drift to "nephew" on the notion of "father"s nephew."

Many IE languages (including Irish, Sanskrit, Slavic, and some of the Germanic tongues) have or had separate words for some or all of the eight possible "cousin" relationships, such as Latin, which along with consobrinus had consobrina "mother"s sister"s daughter," patruelis "father"s brother"s son," atruelis "mother"s brother"s son," amitinus "father"s sister"s son," etc. Old English distinguished fæderan sunu "father"s brother"s son," modrigan sunu "mother"s sister"s son," etc.

Used familiarly as a term of address since early 15c., especially in Cornwall. Phrase kissing cousin is Southern U.S. expression, 1940s, apparently denoting "those close enough to be kissed in salutation;" Kentish cousin (1796) is an old British term for "distant relative."

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权威造句

1. I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.: 我再次尝试联系我的表妹琼。

2. Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.: 她表兄是美发师，正在免费给她烫发。

3. George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin.: 乔治逃脱了和他表亲的包办婚姻。

4. Allow me to present my wife"s cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.: 请允许我介绍我妻子的表哥，扎卡里·科伦索先生。

5. He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.: 他追查到了堂弟和叔叔的下落，发现叔叔这时正在病中。

近反义词

friend 朋友

companion 同伴

colleague 同事

partner 伙伴

counterpart 职务相当的人...

kinsman 男亲戚

kinswoman 女性亲戚

kin 家族

congener 同种的物

relative 相对的

full cousin 堂(表)兄弟或姐妹...

first cousin 堂兄弟姐妹

cousin-german (第一代)亲堂[表]兄、...

相似短语

paternal cousin 堂妹

scotch cousin n.远亲

Scotch cousin n. 远亲

second cousin 第二代堂兄妹,第二代表兄妹

cousin Betty 低能儿，智力上有缺陷的人

cousin german 堂［表］兄弟或姐妹

third cousin 三表（第三代的堂表兄妹）

first cousin 第一代堂兄妹,第一代表兄妹

cousin marriage 表亲婚配

full cousin 堂［表］兄弟或姐妹

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