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cousinry

/kuhz-uhn-ree/US // ˈkʌz ən ri //

表妹,表姐,表弟,表哥

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cous·in·ries.

    • : cousins or relatives collectively.

Examples

  • There are numerous Borcks always in the King's service; nor are these three, except by loose cousinry, related to one another.

  • As in the case of its cousinry a-land, the bladderwort at its leisure dines upon its prey.

  • He sold his business to the "cousinry," and, as they considered, on hard terms.

  • The Anhalt Cousinry gloomed irreconcilable; were never idle, digging pitfalls, raising troubles.

  • Goffe, too, was of the Cromwellian cousinry, having married a daughter of Whalley.