cous‧in S2 / kʌz ə n / 名词 [可数名词]

1 the child of your uncle or aunt → first cousin , kissing cousin , second cousin

2 something that has the same origins as something else

cousin of/to

a drug that is a chemical cousin to amphetamines

close/distant cousin

The Alaskan brown bear is a close cousin of the grizzly bear.

3 someone or something that is similar to someone or something else :

His avant-garde music, sometime cousin to jazz, had limited appeal.