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单词 pettable
释义 pettable, a.|ˈpɛtəb(ə)l|
[f. pet v.1 + -able.]
Suitable for petting. Hence pettaˈbility.
1934Webster, Pettable.1962Times 17 Sept. 15/3 There is scarcely a ‘pettable’ creature that has not been adopted by my family.1963F. E. Sparshott Structure of Aesthetics iii. 74 ‘Handsome’..is applied to things whose appearance stirs the imagination—but by suggestions of vigour rather than of pettability.1978Chicago June 50/2 In the large Children's Zoo, youngsters can walk into a petting area and be surrounded by pettable domestic animals.
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