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ortho-cousin

/awr-thuh-kuhz-uhn, awr-thuh-kuhz-/US // ˌɔr θəˈkʌz ən, ˈɔr θəˌkʌz- //

直系亲属,直系表亲,正表哥,直系亲属关系

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : parallel cousin.

Examples

  • Mating with a cousin or brother is safer than risking life and limb to mate with an outsider.

  • “A mother has lost a son,” referring to his late cousin Akai.

  • The savvy forger with Pappy empties to fill might get his hands on some Old Weller and present it as its more illustrious cousin.

  • A few worries, to be sure, but not that cousin of depression and anxiety, dread.

  • The second-to-last time we met Zalwar Khan, he brought a man he introduced as his cousin.

  • Cousin George's position is such a happy one, that conversation is to him a thing superfluous.

  • From the moment that he touches the magical little hand, cousin George is eclipsed.

  • As a matter of fact, it was a very distant cousin of hers who had died, a Mrs. Fanshawe Collingwood, who also lived in the town.

  • The Professor thought very kindly of the dead cousin, whose money would provide for this great work.

  • Never had Tom seen his gay and careless cousin in such guise: he was restless, silent, intense and inarticulate.