cousin

1.同辈表亲（或堂亲）；堂兄（或弟、姊、妹）；表兄（或弟、姊、妹）a child of your aunt or uncle

She's my cousin.她是我的表妹。

We're cousins.我们是表亲。

2.远房亲戚；远亲a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you

He's a distant cousin of mine.他是我远房的一个表亲。

3.[usupl]兄弟的…国人民（对与本民族有某些类似的另一国家人民的说法）a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country

our American cousins我们兄弟的美国人民

4.[usupl]同族；同类a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way

Asian elephants are smaller than their African cousins.亚洲象比它们的非洲同类小些。