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nounPlural pets pɛtpɛt 1A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure. 玩赏动物，爱畜，宠物 the pony was a family pet 小型马是家庭的爱畜。 Example sentencesExamples - In our own survey of pet owners nearly three quarters felt that some sort of bereavement support was useful when a pet dies and nearly half said they would be prepared to pay for it.
- And, again, no one should buy birds as a pet unless they're bred domestically.
- As the city grows, and cats become more popular as domestic pets, the number of animals living rough increases.
- Gamekeepers set illegal snares that injure and kill other animals, including foxes, rabbits, and birds of prey - even domestic pets.
- Veterinarian Astrid Behr also recommends a bird as a pet rather than a guinea pig or other smaller animal.
- There is also a large aquarium trade, supplying animals both as pets and as food for fish and amphibians.
- I'm not sure if people look like their pets, but you can tell a lot about a person by what they look for in a pet.
- Domestic cats are highly valued as pets and as working animals throughout the world.
- In her words, ‘anyone who has owned and loved a pet would agree that in terms of emotional trauma, watching the death of a pet is akin to losing a close relative.’
- For personnel of the Emergency Rescue Team of the Fire Services and Rescue Department, rescuing pets and domesticated animals is nothing new.
- His pet or ‘companion animal’ has been an essential part of his life.
- Keep your birds separate from wild birds, waterfowl, pets and other animals.
- Cats, fish, and sometimes singing birds are reared as pets by Malay families.
- Most pets and domesticated animals receive vaccinations against rabies.
- Now, the centre is home to a whole range of animals, including domestic pets like cats and dogs.
- Alternatively, other owners are reluctant to have a pet put to sleep either for religious reasons, or perhaps because that animal is the last link they have with their deceased spouse.
- Today, over a million pets and farm animals worldwide have RFID tags in or on them, so Rover or Daisy can easily be tracked if they wander off.
- Both domestic animals and pets have important roles in our lives.
- Domestic pets are the source of most non-insect animal bites.
- Be aware that injured animals, even tame pets will bite savagely if given a chance.
- 1.1 A person treated with special favour or affection.
she is the pet of the family as modifier 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。 Example sentencesExamples - [She was] not exactly the teachers' pet, but she did respect the teachers.
- Masson may have called MacKinnon ‘Kitty,’ but it is clear who was the pet in that relationship.
Synonyms favourite, darling, the apple of one's eye, idol British informal blue-eyed boy/girl North American informal fair-haired boy/girl - 1.2as modifier Treated with special attention or evoking particularly strong feelings.
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。 我非常讨厌木制品。 Example sentencesExamples - I do plead guilty to having literacy and numeracy as pet projects.
- In politics, Mr Berlusconi's pet hate is communism - he never tires of reminding moderate leftists of their Marxist past.
- And some Republicans are pushing pet projects of their own, from dams to gas pipelines.
- Are these the same IT managers who waste significant resources on useless pet projects, then whine that their budget is not big enough?
- Even then they still spoke every week, usually about their shared passion - computers - or Mark's pet hate, and Chris's new love - jazz.
- It was made perfectly clear that money will not be tipped onto a table for the town to spend willy-nilly on pet projects.
- Another of Dr Evelyn's pet hates was the proliferation of advertising posters.
- She spends her spare time dreaming up anti - hobbies: politically correct organisations and human rights to store in her hutch of pet hates.
- Meanwhile, state-owned banks freely dished out cash to politicians' pet projects.
- Politicians and businessmen have traditionally used Taiwan banks as cheap funding sources for pet projects.
- He also emerged as a stern critic of Mr McCreevy's Special Savings Investment Scheme pet project.
- Nobody wants to see valuable funds wasted on pet projects.
- Hoop Dreams was just this little pet project, although it mushroomed as time went on.
- The challenger belongs to Tory MP Richard Bacon, whose ‘about me’ section lists snobbery and racism as pet hates.
- Another pet hate for consumers [is] the levels of fees paid to superannuation funds and investment managers.
- Ignorance is up there with dishonesty on his list of pet hates, and with good reason.
- The Americans struggle with senators who add one costly pet project after another to every bill.
- Its widespread attraction contrasts sharply with those pet projects of the London-based chattering classes which have previously won Lottery millions.
- Individuals, not a political party, will be called to account by the courts for misdeeds committed under the auspices of his wayward pet project.
- The USD students meet for games nights, for socials, and to help out with each other's pet projects.
- 1.3British Used as an affectionate form of address.
用作爱称宝贝 don't cry, pet, it's all right 不要哭了，宝贝，没事的。 Example sentencesExamples - I'd like you to choose a card, my pet, and then read out what it says and tell the studio audience and our viewers at home what act you'll be performing for us this evening in our star turn final.
- ‘Welcome to St. Vincent, pet,’ Nick side, stretching out and arm to the scene below.
- Ask them to help you cross the road, or to take you down to the post office, or to put the kettle on, pet.
- ‘Best not to anger the boss, pet,’ he said, then reached down to give her a light kiss before rising to his feet.
- And when you have something to say that comes anywhere near an opinion, keep it to yourself, pet!
verbpets, petted, petting pɛtpɛt [with object]1Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately. 抚摸，爱抚（动物） the cats came to be petted 那些猫跑来想得到抚摸。 Example sentencesExamples - There is a dog who barks unless she is petted continuously, so people take turns petting her.
- I got up and went to pet her but she was having none of it, pulled back, turned, and darted back into the airing cupboard again.
- Do not look at, talk to, pet, feed, play or let out your dog or cat when it is in the act of misbehaving.
- He's not the kind of dog that will let you pet him, but with the people he knows and trusts, he's clingy.
- Placed on the aluminium table, the kitten is petted, briefly, to reduce the shivering, and then, with four tiny ‘miuw!’
- I don't pet her too much, as I've already worked out that there's only so much petting a pet can handle before it runs off again.
- And if you don't believe it's therapeutic to pet a dog, then you haven't given it a good try.
- Heather was sitting on the floor across from Dan petting the family's old blood hound.
- She smiled softly, petting her cat Sea Monkey gently.
- I picked him up, placed him on my lap and wrapped the towel around him, murmuring sweet things to him, petting him.
- And there was a beautiful doe that put her head through the wire fence so I could pet her, never mind that she didn't like the grass I had picked for her.
- The Prince started to pet his horse, stroking the hair gently with almost some humanity.
- We stayed there for about 20 minutes, talking to him and petting him, scratching him behind his ears and neck.
- She pet her cat affectionately and turned on the TV while she waited for Brett to come home from work.
- The kitten looks glad at the attention, but seems more interested at Mierre than at the hand petting her.
- Clouseau bends down to pet the dog and it growls and bites him.
- Joann tried to keep herself from laughing when she noticed the raven's look, meanwhile continuing to pet the mare, stroking the animal's chestnut hip.
- A little dog tied up outside of Chin's is lonely, but people stop now and then to pet him and tell him how cute he is.
- Valia shook her head in confusion and started to pet her canine companion.
- She loves attention, and loves to lick your hand when you pet her.
Synonyms stroke, caress, fondle, pat - 1.1 Treat (someone) with affection or favouritism; pamper.
把…当宠儿；宠爱，溺爱 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。 Example sentencesExamples - She had been petting Roy who was sleeping next to her, but when Tony sat down he took her hand in hers.
- Ian's eyes opened lethargically, Susan said nothing and Geneva did not cease gawking at him, Calypso jumped from her arms after Geneva stopped petting her.
- She said that at the end of the school day Jack makes his way to the playground where he is petted and spoilt by the children.
- He takes a look towards his mother, who is fuming, but petting Jeremy on the head.
- Cael was silent a moment, just petting Sam, before he slowly shifted to sit on the edge of the bed.
Synonyms pamper, spoil, mollycoddle, coddle, cosset, baby, indulge, overindulge, dote on, wrap in cotton wool, feather-bed, overparent archaic cocker - 1.2no object Engage in sexually stimulating caressing and touching.
抚摸调情 couples necking and petting in cars 她看着成双成对的人们在汽车里亲吻抚摸。 Example sentencesExamples - It all depends on what the intentions are and if there are also other things going on like: kissing, petting, romantic conversation, or commitments involved.
- From kissing in the back stalls of the local picture theatre, they graduated to petting on the front seats of parked cars.
- They reported a significant increase in sexual activity, such as kissing and petting, among male participants when compared with the control group.
Synonyms kiss and cuddle, kiss, cuddle, embrace, caress informal canoodle, neck, smooch, bill and coo British informal snog North American informal make out, get it on, play kissy-face informal, dated spoon
OriginEarly 16th century (as a noun; originally Scots and northern English): of unknown origin. The word pet was first used for ‘a hand-reared lamb’ in Scotland and northern England, where it also meant ‘a spoilt or favourite child’. It came from Scottish Gaelic peata ‘tame animal’. By the early 18th century it had spread south to apply to any domestic or tamed animal kept for pleasure or companionship. The verb, meaning ‘to stroke or pat affectionately’, is found in the early 17th century, although the sense ‘to engage in sexually stimulating caressing’, as in heavy petting, is no older than the 1920s and first found in the USA.
Rhymesabet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette nounPlural pets pɛtpɛt A fit of sulking or ill humour. 不高兴，生气，愠怒 妈妈在生气。 Example sentencesExamples - Women get all in a pet that Sorenstam doesn't receive the adulation Tiger Woods does.
Synonyms bad mood, mood, bad temper, temper, sulk, fit of the sulks, ill temper, ill humour, fit of pique, huff, tantrum informal grump British informal paddy, strop North American informal blowout, hissy fit British informal, dated bate, wax archaic paddywhack, miff, the pouts
OriginLate 16th century: of unknown origin. abbreviationpiːiːˈtiːpet 1Polyethylene terephthalate. 2Positron emission tomography, a form of tomography used especially for brain scans.
nounpɛtpet 1A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure. 玩赏动物，爱畜，宠物 the pony was a family pet 小型马是家庭的爱畜。 Example sentencesExamples - Gamekeepers set illegal snares that injure and kill other animals, including foxes, rabbits, and birds of prey - even domestic pets.
- Today, over a million pets and farm animals worldwide have RFID tags in or on them, so Rover or Daisy can easily be tracked if they wander off.
- Most pets and domesticated animals receive vaccinations against rabies.
- Now, the centre is home to a whole range of animals, including domestic pets like cats and dogs.
- Both domestic animals and pets have important roles in our lives.
- Keep your birds separate from wild birds, waterfowl, pets and other animals.
- There is also a large aquarium trade, supplying animals both as pets and as food for fish and amphibians.
- Domestic cats are highly valued as pets and as working animals throughout the world.
- Cats, fish, and sometimes singing birds are reared as pets by Malay families.
- His pet or ‘companion animal’ has been an essential part of his life.
- In her words, ‘anyone who has owned and loved a pet would agree that in terms of emotional trauma, watching the death of a pet is akin to losing a close relative.’
- In our own survey of pet owners nearly three quarters felt that some sort of bereavement support was useful when a pet dies and nearly half said they would be prepared to pay for it.
- As the city grows, and cats become more popular as domestic pets, the number of animals living rough increases.
- For personnel of the Emergency Rescue Team of the Fire Services and Rescue Department, rescuing pets and domesticated animals is nothing new.
- Alternatively, other owners are reluctant to have a pet put to sleep either for religious reasons, or perhaps because that animal is the last link they have with their deceased spouse.
- And, again, no one should buy birds as a pet unless they're bred domestically.
- Domestic pets are the source of most non-insect animal bites.
- Be aware that injured animals, even tame pets will bite savagely if given a chance.
- Veterinarian Astrid Behr also recommends a bird as a pet rather than a guinea pig or other smaller animal.
- I'm not sure if people look like their pets, but you can tell a lot about a person by what they look for in a pet.
- 1.1 A person treated with special favor, especially in a way that others regard as unfair.
得宠的人，宠儿 莉兹深得老师宠爱。 as modifier his pet performer was Hollander Example sentencesExamples - Masson may have called MacKinnon ‘Kitty,’ but it is clear who was the pet in that relationship.
- [She was] not exactly the teachers' pet, but she did respect the teachers.
Synonyms favourite, darling, the apple of one's eye, idol - 1.2British Used as an affectionate form of address.
用作爱称宝贝 don't cry, pet, it's all right 不要哭了，宝贝，没事的。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Best not to anger the boss, pet,’ he said, then reached down to give her a light kiss before rising to his feet.
- Ask them to help you cross the road, or to take you down to the post office, or to put the kettle on, pet.
- ‘Welcome to St. Vincent, pet,’ Nick side, stretching out and arm to the scene below.
- And when you have something to say that comes anywhere near an opinion, keep it to yourself, pet!
- I'd like you to choose a card, my pet, and then read out what it says and tell the studio audience and our viewers at home what act you'll be performing for us this evening in our star turn final.
adjectivepɛtpet Denoting a thing that one devotes special attention to or feels particularly strongly about. 格外的，特别的，极其的 another of her pet projects was the arts center 她特别倾心的另一个工程是艺术中心。 my pet hate is bad telephone manners
verbpɛtpet [with object]1Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately. 抚摸，爱抚（动物） the cats came to be petted 那些猫跑来想得到抚摸。 Example sentencesExamples - She smiled softly, petting her cat Sea Monkey gently.
- The kitten looks glad at the attention, but seems more interested at Mierre than at the hand petting her.
- A little dog tied up outside of Chin's is lonely, but people stop now and then to pet him and tell him how cute he is.
- Heather was sitting on the floor across from Dan petting the family's old blood hound.
- She pet her cat affectionately and turned on the TV while she waited for Brett to come home from work.
- I got up and went to pet her but she was having none of it, pulled back, turned, and darted back into the airing cupboard again.
- Clouseau bends down to pet the dog and it growls and bites him.
- I picked him up, placed him on my lap and wrapped the towel around him, murmuring sweet things to him, petting him.
- Placed on the aluminium table, the kitten is petted, briefly, to reduce the shivering, and then, with four tiny ‘miuw!’
- There is a dog who barks unless she is petted continuously, so people take turns petting her.
- I don't pet her too much, as I've already worked out that there's only so much petting a pet can handle before it runs off again.
- He's not the kind of dog that will let you pet him, but with the people he knows and trusts, he's clingy.
- Valia shook her head in confusion and started to pet her canine companion.
- Do not look at, talk to, pet, feed, play or let out your dog or cat when it is in the act of misbehaving.
- Joann tried to keep herself from laughing when she noticed the raven's look, meanwhile continuing to pet the mare, stroking the animal's chestnut hip.
- And there was a beautiful doe that put her head through the wire fence so I could pet her, never mind that she didn't like the grass I had picked for her.
- She loves attention, and loves to lick your hand when you pet her.
- And if you don't believe it's therapeutic to pet a dog, then you haven't given it a good try.
- We stayed there for about 20 minutes, talking to him and petting him, scratching him behind his ears and neck.
- The Prince started to pet his horse, stroking the hair gently with almost some humanity.
Synonyms stroke, caress, fondle, pat - 1.1 Treat (someone) with affection or favoritism; pamper.
把…当宠儿；宠爱，溺爱 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。 Example sentencesExamples - She said that at the end of the school day Jack makes his way to the playground where he is petted and spoilt by the children.
- Cael was silent a moment, just petting Sam, before he slowly shifted to sit on the edge of the bed.
- She had been petting Roy who was sleeping next to her, but when Tony sat down he took her hand in hers.
- Ian's eyes opened lethargically, Susan said nothing and Geneva did not cease gawking at him, Calypso jumped from her arms after Geneva stopped petting her.
- He takes a look towards his mother, who is fuming, but petting Jeremy on the head.
Synonyms pamper, spoil, mollycoddle, coddle, cosset, baby, indulge, overindulge, dote on, wrap in cotton wool, feather-bed, overparent - 1.2no object Engage in sexually stimulating caressing and touching.
抚摸调情 couples necking and petting in the cars 她看着成双成对的人们在汽车里亲吻抚摸。 Example sentencesExamples - From kissing in the back stalls of the local picture theatre, they graduated to petting on the front seats of parked cars.
- They reported a significant increase in sexual activity, such as kissing and petting, among male participants when compared with the control group.
- It all depends on what the intentions are and if there are also other things going on like: kissing, petting, romantic conversation, or commitments involved.
Synonyms kiss and cuddle, kiss, cuddle, embrace, caress
OriginEarly 16th century (as a noun; originally Scots and northern English): of unknown origin. nounpɛtpet A fit of sulking or ill humor. 不高兴，生气，愠怒 妈妈在生气。 Example sentencesExamples - Women get all in a pet that Sorenstam doesn't receive the adulation Tiger Woods does.
Synonyms bad mood, mood, bad temper, temper, sulk, fit of the sulks, ill temper, ill humour, fit of pique, huff, tantrum
OriginLate 16th century: of unknown origin. abbreviationpet 1Polyethylene terephthalate. 2Positron emission tomography, used especially for brain scans.
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