cousin

noun

/ˈkʌzn/

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(also first cousin)
a child of your aunt or uncle
- She's my cousin.
- We're cousins.
- This is my cousin Richard.
- He's a cousin once removed (= separated by one generation of our family).
- She's a cousin of the bride.
- cousin to somebody He claims to be a cousin to the Queen.
see also country cousin, second cousin
Extra Examples
- Completely out of the blue, she got a letter from her long-lost cousin in New York.
- I have a new baby cousin.
Topics Family and relationshipsa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- first
- second
- distant
- …
phrases
- cousin once, twice, etc. removed
See full entry
a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you
- She's some sort of cousin, I think.
- cousin of somebody/sb's He's a distant cousin of mine.
see also kissing cousinTopics Family and relationshipsb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- first
- second
- distant
- …
phrases
- cousin once, twice, etc. removed
See full entry
[usually plural] a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country
- our American cousins
[usually plural] a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way
- Asian elephants are smaller than their African cousins.
- These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog.

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus ‘mother's sister's child’, from con- ‘with’ + sobrinus ‘second cousin’ (from soror ‘sister’).

单词	cousin
释义	cousin noun /ˈkʌzn/ /ˈkʌzn/ jump to other results (also first cousin) a child of your aunt or uncle She's my cousin. We're cousins. This is my cousin Richard. He's a cousin once removed (= separated by one generation of our family). She's a cousin of the bride. cousin to somebody He claims to be a cousin to the Queen. see also country cousin, second cousin Extra Examples Completely out of the blue, she got a letter from her long-lost cousin in New York. I have a new baby cousin. Topics Family and relationshipsa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective first second distant … phrases cousin once, twice, etc. removed See full entry a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you She's some sort of cousin, I think. cousin of somebody/sb's He's a distant cousin of mine. see also kissing cousinTopics Family and relationshipsb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective first second distant … phrases cousin once, twice, etc. removed See full entry [usually plural] a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country our American cousins [usually plural] a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way Asian elephants are smaller than their African cousins. These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus ‘mother's sister's child’, from con- ‘with’ + sobrinus ‘second cousin’ (from soror ‘sister’).
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