cousin
cousin — 名詞
1. a relative whose parent is the brother or sister of one of your parents; the wor
表親；堂親
父母的兄弟姊妹所生的子女
a relative whose parent is the brother or sister of one of your parents; the word can also refer to any more distant family member connected through a shared earlier ancestor
Bao spent the whole summer holiday visiting his cousins in the countryside.
Bao 整個暑假都在鄉下拜訪他的表親。
possessive determiner + cousins: his cousins
Reema and Mira are cousins whose mothers are sisters.
Reema 和 Mira 是表姊妹，她們的母親是親姊妹。
Andrew's cousin Tamás stayed for two weeks during the summer break.
Andrew 的表親 Tamás 暑假期間來住了兩個星期。
The family reunion brought together forty cousins from three generations.
那場家庭聚會讓三個世代的四十位堂表親戚齊聚一堂。
When Sayaka visited her cousin in Taipei, they explored the night markets together.
Sayaka 去台北拜訪表親時，她們一起逛了夜市。
用法筆記
English distinguishes 'first cousin' (child of your aunt or uncle), 'second cousin' (child of your parent's cousin), and 'once removed' (one generation apart). The word cousin alone most often means a first cousin.
常見錯誤
2. a country, population, or cultural group that shares a common background, herita
同源族群
與另一群體有共同文化或血緣起源者
a country, population, or cultural group that shares a common background, heritage, or ethnic roots with another similar group
The Scandinavian languages are linguistic cousins that share a common Germanic root.
斯堪地那維亞諸語言是擁有共同日耳曼語源的語言學近親。
linguistic / cultural / evolutionary + cousins
Anthropologists study chimpanzees as our closest living cousins in the animal world.
人類學家將黑猩猩視為動物界中與我們血緣最近的近親來研究。
The festival celebrated the bond between Brazil and its Portuguese cousins across the ocean.
這個節慶頌揚了巴西與大洋彼岸的葡萄牙同源民族之間的連結。
Norway and Iceland are cultural cousins with shared Viking heritage and traditions.
挪威和冰島是因共享維京傳統而成為文化上的近親。
- counterpart
emphasizes equivalent role or function rather than shared origin
- kin
more literary and narrower; usually refers to blood relatives, not cultural groups
用法筆記
In this sense the noun is almost always plural and requires an adjective or possessive modifier that specifies the type of connection (linguistic cousins, cultural cousins, our closest cousins).
3. an object, living thing, or concept that resembles or is connected to another th
相似物
與另一事物相似或有關聯的東西
an object, living thing, or concept that resembles or is connected to another thing in form, structure, function, or origin
The electric scooter is a smaller, quieter cousin of the motorcycle.
電動滑板車是摩托車體積更小、更安靜的兄弟產品。
adjective + cousin + of: smaller cousin of [something]
Cauliflower and broccoli are botanical cousins that belong to the same species.
花椰菜和青花菜是同屬一個物種的植物學近親。
This newly discovered virus is a dangerous cousin of the common cold virus.
這種新發現的病毒是一般感冒病毒的危險近親。
The compact camera is a lightweight cousin of the professional studio model.
這款輕巧型相機是專業攝影棚用機型的輕量版同類產品。
- counterpart
suggests an equivalent in a different system or context, with less implication of shared origin
- relative
works for objects in a category but sounds less precise in technical contexts
- analogue
more formal, used in scientific or technical writing for things with parallel function
用法筆記
This sense is typically used with a preceding adjective (smaller, dangerous, modern, close, distant) followed by of + [the thing it resembles]. It is common in journalism, science writing, and product reviews.