cousin

英 ['k?z(?)n] 美['k?zn]
  • n. 堂兄弟姊妹;表兄弟姊妹

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詞態變化


復數:?cousins;

中文詞源


cousin 表親

來自拉丁詞consobrinus, 表親,來自sobr-, 姐妹,詞源同sister, sorority. 即母親的姐妹的子女。

英文詞源


cousin
cousin: [13] The word cousin is etymologically related to sister. It comes via Old French cosin from Latin consobrīnus, which meant literally ‘child of one’s mother’s sister’ – that is, ‘cousin on one’s mother’s side’ (consobrīnus was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and sobrīnus ‘maternal cousin’, a derivative of soror ‘sister’ and relative of English sister).

By the time it entered English, it had already broadened out in meaning to cover paternal as well as maternal cousins, and indeed in the Middle Ages it was applied more generally still to any relative other than one’s parents or brother and sister (probably through association with Latin consanguineus ‘blood relative’).

=> sister
cousin (n.)
mid-12c., from Old French cosin (12c., Modern French cousin) "nephew, kinsman, cousin," from Latin consobrinus "cousin," originally "mother's sister's son," from com- "together" (see com-) + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother's side," from soror (genitive sororis) "sister."

Italian cugino, Danish kusine, Polish kuzyn also are from French. German vetter is from Old High German fetiro "uncle," perhaps on the notion of "child of uncle." Words for cousin tend to drift to "nephew" on the notion of "father's nephew."

Many IE languages (including Irish, Sanskrit, Slavic, and some of the Germanic tongues) have or had separate words for some or all of the eight possible "cousin" relationships, such as Latin, which along with consobrinus had consobrina "mother's sister's daughter," patruelis "father's brother's son," atruelis "mother's brother's son," amitinus "father's sister's son," etc. Old English distinguished f?deran sunu "father's brother's son," modrigan sunu "mother's sister's son," etc.

Used familiarly as a term of address since early 15c., especially in Cornwall. Phrase kissing cousin is Southern U.S. expression, 1940s, apparently denoting "those close enough to be kissed in salutation;" Kentish cousin (1796) is an old British term for "distant relative."

雙語例句


1. I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.
我再次嘗試聯系我的表妹瓊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.
她表兄是美發師,正在免費給她燙發。

來自柯林斯例句

3. George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin.
喬治逃脫了和他表親的包辦婚姻。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Allow me to present my wife's cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.
請允許我介紹我妻子的表哥,扎卡里·科倫索先生。

來自柯林斯例句

5. He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.
他追查到了堂弟和叔叔的下落,發現叔叔這時正在病中。

來自柯林斯例句

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