cousins

FREQ #6050

n. 卡曾斯（姓）

发音

UK /ˈkʌzn̩s/
US /ˈkʌz(ə)ns/
US /ˈkʌzɪns/
US /ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns/

词形变化

only 复数

别名

Cousins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).

    仅复数 俚语 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    plural of cousin

v.
  1. 1.

    third-person singular simple present indicative of cousin

相关短语

cousins german cousin german first cousins once removed first cousins twice removed second cousins once removed first cousins thrice removed second cousin once removed first cousin once removed first cousin twice removed first cousin thrice removed second cousins kissing cousins first cousins (first-cousin 的复数) 堂兄弟姊妹 maternal cousins paternal cousins

词源

From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs). The plural noun noun 1 sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).

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