2LIKE/SIMILARsomething that has the same origins as something else 同源物,同类物
cousin of/to
a drug that is a chemical cousin to amphetamines
和安非他明属于同类化学物的一种药物
close/distant cousin
The Alaskan brown bear is a close cousin of the grizzly bear.
阿拉斯加棕熊是这种灰熊的近亲。
3someone or something that is similar to someone or something else 相似的人[物]
His avant-garde music, sometime cousin to jazz, had limited appeal.
他那种有点接近爵士乐的前卫派音乐,喜欢的人有限。
Examples from the Corpus
cousin• Mary Donovan is a cousin of my father's!• He'd lost a cousin and some good friends in these reprisals.• She was employed by cousin Gruner, the doctor, who had this work invented for her.• Apes may be distantcousins of humans.• The plantain is a large cousin of the banana.• When I was little my cousin used to come over to my house.• This was obviously not Silvia, Guido's cousin with whom Jeff had so unwisely fallen in love!• The cousins were very polite and in fact charming.
close/distant cousin• The Citizen's CharterUnit is a close cousin of Labour's proposedministry for women.• He married a distant cousin, Jocasta.• Joszef had put capital into the real estate business of a distant cousin.• To think: a distant cousin of the Romanovs, and his love.• A distant cousin had once ended up in the hail.• They were, in fat, distant cousins, something they never found out.• Charles's distant cousinJohn Carroll was drawn only once from the religious into the civilsphere during the war.
Origincousin
(1200-1300)Old Frenchcosin, from Latinconsobrinus, from com- ( → COM-) + sobrinus“cousin on the mother's side” (from soror“sister”)
ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤first, second堂/表兄弟姐妹;遠房堂/表兄弟姐妹▸➤distant, remote (BrE) 遠房堂親/表親▸➤close, kissing (NAmE, bothfigurative) 近親;關係密切的事物◇These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog.這些豬和野豬是近親。◇the popular idea that creativity and madness are kissing cousins認為創造力和瘋狂存在着密切關係的流行觀點➤baby, little嬰兒堂/表兄弟姐妹;小堂/表兄弟姐妹◇I have a new baby cousin.我有個新出生的小堂妹。➤female, male堂/表姐妹;堂/表兄弟▸➤long-lost失散已久的堂親/表親◇Completely out of the blue, she got a letter from her long-lost cousin in Ohio.她收到失散很久的表親從俄亥俄寄來的一封信,這完全出乎意料。➤beloved, favourite/favorite喜愛的堂親/表親;最喜愛的堂親/表親PHRASES➤cousin once, twice, etc. removed隔了一代、兩代等的堂親/表親◇She's my first cousin once removed (= of a different generation).她是我堂兄的女兒。