Cousins的用法和樣例：
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
- Cousins are collateral relatives.
表堂兄弟姊妹都是旁系親屬。 - He and his cousins bought a steam thresher on shares.
他和他的堂兄弟們合伙買(mǎi)了一臺蒸氣脫粒機。 - We were glad because the two female cousins were even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been.
我們高興是因為艾米莉的堂姐妹們比艾米莉更加高貴。 - I have two cousins in Guangzhou.
我在廣州有兩個(gè)表兄弟。 - Each of my cousins received an Easter egg on Easter Day.
我的表兄弟們每人在復活節都得到了一枚復活節彩蛋。 - That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats.
那天下午表姐妹倆才在火車(chē)上落了座。 - This taboo against cousins' marrying is important, argues Gutman, because it is one of many indications of a strong awareness among slaves of an extended kinship network.
古特曼論辯道，這種禁止堂兄弟表姐妹通婚的禁忌甚為重要，因為它是諸多標志之一，表明奴隸之間存在著(zhù)一種對廣泛悠久的親緣網(wǎng)絡(luò )的強烈意識。
