| 单词 | pet word |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspet word pet word n. (a) a word expressing familiarity or fondness; = pet name n.; (b) a favourite or frequently used word, esp. one that is deemed to have been used to excess. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > pet name minikin name1756 pet name1807 pet word1829 hypocorism1850 petit nom1867 hypocoristic1930 pet form1932 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux II. ii. v. 81 Call me only by those pretty pet words by which I know you will never call any one else. 1877 M. J. Thayers Wreath of Wild Flowers 66 A lump of sugar thou should'st have, And pet words from my tongue. 1915 Amer. Food Jrnl. 10 294/1 With a view to ‘regulating’ big business, whatever this ambiguous and essentially indefinite pet word of reformers may mean. 1997 London Rev. Bks. 23 Jan. 6/4 Katherine Mansfield's pet word for..[the Bloomsbury circle]—tangi—was the Maori word for wailers at a funeral. < as lemmas |
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