pet

[pet]

n.宠物, 受宠的人
adj.宠爱的
v.爱抚, 亲抚
n.生气, 愠怒
vi.生气, 愠怒

n.[C]

1. 供玩赏的动物, 宠物

The little girl keeps a lamb as a pet.

那个小女孩养了一头羔羊作为宠物。

2. 宠儿; 宝贝

Mother loved us all, but David was her pet.

母亲爱我们每一个人, 但戴维是她的宠儿。

a.[B]

1. 作为玩赏动物豢养的; 宠物的

This store sells pet food.

这商店出售宠物食品。

2. 表示亲昵的

She petted the cat tenderly.

她轻轻地抚摸着猫。

He addressed her by her pet name.

他用她的昵称称呼她。

3. 得意的

Improving the local park is the mayor's pet project.

改善当地公园是市长最得意的工程。

vt.

1. 把……当作宠儿; 钟爱, 宠爱

Everybody liked me, everybody petted me.

每个人都喜欢我, 宠爱我。

2. 抚弄, 爱抚

vi.

【口】抚摸调情

词形变化

名词: petter | 动词过去式: petted | 动词过去分词: petted | 动词现在分词: petting | 动词第三人称单数: pets |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.抚弄, 爱抚

stroke  pat  caress  fondle  

英英释义

名词 pet:

a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

a special loved one

同义词：darling, favorite, favourite, dearie, deary, ducky

a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

同义词：positron emission tomography

动词 pet:

stroke or caress gently

stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

形容词 pet:

preferred above all others and treated with partiality

同义词：favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, preferred, preferent

补充

petpet英:[pet] 美:[pɛt]n.1.宠物; 宠儿I want a cat as a pet.我想要只宠物猫。That boy is the teacher's pet.那男生是老师的得意门生。vt.1.宠爱, 抚摸Don't be afraid to pet the dog.不要怕抚摸这条狗。vi.1.〈非正〉亲吻; 爱抚

例句

1. It is plainly cruel to keep turtles as pets.显然, 把海龟 当宠物养十分残忍。 2. Have you got a pet?你有宠物吗？ 3. It's all right, pet, let me do it.没关系, 宝贝儿, 让我来吧。 4. He wouldn't stand by and let his pet project be destroyed.他不会袖手旁观任由自己看好的项目毁于一旦的。 5. He explained the organization's current pet theory regarding violent children.他阐释了该组织目前关于暴力儿童的热门理论。 6. The bachelor lived alone in a flat with his pet dog.那个单身汉带着他的爱犬独自住在一套公寓中。 7. Park chiefs are trying to catch a 2ft pet alligator dumped in a lake in New York's Central Park.纽约中央公园的园长正试图抓住一条跳入公园湖中的2英尺长的宠物鳄鱼。 8. They would sell the meat off as pet food.他们会把肉当成宠物食品卖掉。 9. It was a pet name he had for his father.那是他对他父亲的昵称。 10. She was holding the cat in her arms and petting it.她正把猫抱在怀里轻轻拍着。 11. I petted and smoothed her hair.我轻抚着捋平她的头发。 12. Young couples pet in the back of parked cars.在停着的汽车的后座上, 年轻男女相互抚摸调情。 13. Next to the swimming pool was a sign forbidding heavy petting.游泳池边上有个禁止性挑逗的标志牌。 14. She died in the hospital petted by all her nurses.作为医护人员的宠儿她死在医院里。 15. The old man petted the little dog.老人抚弄着小狗。 16. heavy petting热烈的亲吻和爱抚 17. the pony was a family pet.小型马是家庭的爱畜。 18. Liz was teacher's pet.莉兹深得老师宠爱。 19. don't cry, pet, it's all right.不要哭了，宝贝，没事的。 20. a pet cat.宠物猫。 21. a pet shop.宠物商店。 22. pet food.宠物食品。 23. another of her pet projects was the arts centre.她特别倾心的另一个工程是艺术中心。 24. my pet hate is woodwork.我非常讨厌木制品。 25. I found the chairs at my pet antiques dealer in Cannes.我是在戛纳我最喜爱的古董商那里发现这些椅子的。 26. the cats came to be petted.那些猫跑来想得到抚摸。 27. I was cosseted and petted and never shouted at.我被宠着哄着，从来也没人对我大呼小叫过。 28. she watched the couples necking and petting in cars.她看着成双成对的人们在汽车里亲吻抚摸。 29. Mother's in a pet.妈妈在生气。 30. a pet dog/cat/hamster养作宠物的狗╱猫╱仓鼠 31. a pet shop (= where pets are sold)宠物店 32. teacher's pet老师的得意门生 33. He caught a snake and kept it as a pet for several years.他捕获一条蛇，并把它当宠物养了几年。 34. No pets (are) allowed.不许携宠物进入。 35. An orange cat named Alex was our first family pet. [=a pet kept by a family]我们的第一个家庭宠物是一只叫作亚历克丝的橘色的猫。 36. pet food宠物食品 37. a pet store宠物商店 38. a pet dog/cat宠物狗/猫 39. "What's the matter, pet? [=darling]"怎么了，亲爱的？ 40. The mayor's pet project has been the construction of a new high school.市长在乎的工程就是建立一所新高中。 41. I have my own pet [=favorite] theory about that.对于那点，我有自己中意的理论。 42. a politician's pet causes/issues政治人物特别感兴趣的事业/议题 43. My dog loves to be petted.我的狗喜欢被抚摸。 44. There was some heavy petting going on at the party.聚会中有一些人在亲密地爱抚调情。