名詞 cousin:

1. the child of your aunt or uncle
   同義詞：first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin

1. I hear from my cousin every two weeks.
   我每?jī)尚瞧诰蜁?huì)收到我表哥的來(lái)信。
2. This Scottish plant was a gift from my cousin.
   這棵蘇格蘭植物是我的一個(gè)表親給我的禮物。
3. My cousin is an orphan; her parents died when she was young.
   我的表姐是孤兒，她的父母在她小時(shí)候就去世了。
4. She can only marry her cousin with a special dispensation.
   她需要得到特準(zhǔn)才能嫁給她的表親。
5. Later they may muddle up your name with those of your cousin
   以后他們可能會(huì)把你的名字跟你堂兄弟們的名字相混淆。
6. "Well, do exactly what the doctor says. A cousin of mine ended up losing the sight of an eye over an infection like that." "Thanks very much! You are a proper Job's comforter, aren't you?"
   "呃，你要嚴(yán)格地按照醫(yī)生說(shuō)的辦啦。我的一個(gè)堂兄就是因?yàn)槟菢拥母腥荆詈笠恢谎劬Χ枷沽恕?"太感謝你了！你真是個(gè)安慰別人卻反而增加別人痛苦的人??！"
7. He is a distant cousin of mine.
   他是我的一位遠(yuǎn)房表親。

cous.in

n.（名詞）
A child of one`s aunt or uncle.Also called first cousin
堂兄弟（或姐妹），表兄弟（或姐妹）：姑母或姨媽的孩子，叔伯或舅舅的孩子也作 first cousin
A relative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line.
遠(yuǎn)親，遠(yuǎn)房親戚：具有同一長(zhǎng)輩如（祖父或祖母）的親戚，有家庭分支上與這個(gè)長(zhǎng)輩相隔兩輩或多輩
A relative by blood or marriage; a kinsman or kinswoman.
親戚：因血緣關(guān)系或婚姻關(guān)系而成的親戚；男親戚或女親戚
A member of a kindred group or country:
親屬，同胞：兄弟群體或國(guó)家的成員：
例句：
our Canadian cousins.
我們加拿大的親屬

Used as a form of address by a sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a high-ranking member of the nobility.
卿：國(guó)王對(duì)高級(jí)貴族或別國(guó)君主的稱呼

來(lái)源：
Middle English cosin [a relative]
中古英語(yǔ) cosin [親戚]
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin cônsôbronus [cousin]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cônsôbronus [表兄]
com- [com-]
com- [相同的]
sôbronus [cousin on the mother`s side] * see swesor-
sôbronus [母親那邊的表親] *參見 swesor-

【引伸】
cous.inhood.
n.（名詞）
cous.inly
adj.（形容詞）
cous.inship.
n.（名詞）