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遠房姐妹或兄弟

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
   following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.
   {Secund}.]
   1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
      order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;
      other.

            And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
                                                  xli. 5.

   2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
      rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

            May the day when we become the second people upon
            earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
                                                  --Landor.

   3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
      another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;
      a second deluge.

            A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.

   {Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.

   {Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.

   {Second-cut file}. See under {File}.

   {Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the
      foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
      ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]

   {Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.

   {Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter
      work, as chamber work or waiting on table.

   {Second intention}. See under {Intention}.

   {Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range
      of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
      called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground
      floor.

   {Second} {thought or thoughts}, consideration of a matter
      following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.

            On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
            known him.                            --Dickens.

資料來源 : WordNet®

second cousin
     n : a child of a first cousin