| 释义 |
reˈhome, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To find a new home for (a pet or domestic animal). Hence reˈhoming vbl. n.
1974Country Life 11 Apr. 892/1 It costs the Trust {pstlg}10 to rescue, kennel and eventually re-home an abandoned dog. 1982Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 3/2 The horses could be re-homed. 1989Ibid. (Weekend Suppl.) 21 Jan. p. viii/5 We think it's like prison to leave a dog in kennels [after its owner has died]... Direct rehoming is the best answer. 1990Today 12 Mar. 12 We took near enough 400 dogs there last year..principally because they were unable to be rehomed. |