kissing cousin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɪsɪŋ ˈkʌzn̩/    美 /ˌkɪsɪŋ ˈkʌz(ə)n/|/-ˈkʌzɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A relatively distant relative, or a friend, who is familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss.
  2. A thing which is related or similar to another thing. figuratively
    — [A]fter the initial public brouhaha, wildlife administrators will suddenly decide that the classification of the Aleutian Canada goose as an endangered species was a gross mistake all along. Either the bird will be downgraded to "threatened" status—which means it can be hunted—or it will be declared a nonspecies, as has already happened to all its taxonomic kissing cousins.

词形变化

kissing cousins plural

词源

From kissing + cousin.
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