表兄弟:cousin怎么用
Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.
——Birdman
声望与威信形影不离,我的朋友。
——《鸟人》
一、下面我们来看看cousin有几种含义
n.
1.堂(表)兄弟姊妹 a child of your aunt or uncle
I'm hoping to go and stay with my cousin Tom over Christmas.
我希望到我表哥汤姆那儿去过圣诞节。
2.远亲,同辈 a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you
A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
远亲不如近邻。
3.对等的人(或物),相关的人(或物)a person of a race or people ethnically or culturally related
The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.
欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。
二、下面我们来学习一下含有cousin的常见短语
second cousin
第二代堂兄妹,第二代表兄妹
first cousin
第一代堂兄妹,第一代表兄妹
full cousin
堂[表]兄弟或姐妹
kissing cousin
n. 过从甚密相见时可接吻致意的远亲 相见时可以接吻致意的远亲 可以配成对的东西 可以和谐相处的人
三、最后,来做个小测试
He factored his ______'s estate for five years.
他经管他表兄弟的财产有五年之久。