| 单词 | pet |
| 释义 | pet (once / 436 pages) 1nadjv 2n A pet is an animal you keep as a companion, usually in your house. People love to pet, or touch, their pets. A pet is also a favorite. A teacher’s pet is the teacher’s fave student. No barking required. Your pet might be a hamster in a cage or a big dog that sleeps in your bed. Farm animals, like cows and goats, aren't usually considered to be pets, but that’s how the word started. Pet comes from Scottish dialect and used to refer to a favorite animal that got to come live inside, like Wilbur the pig in Charlotte’s Web. Pet is also a creepy form of endearment. When pet is a verb, it means “to stroke or caress.” WORD FAMILYpet: pets, petted, petter, petting, pettish+/petter: petters/petting: pettings/pettish: pettishly, pettishness/pettishness: pettishnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“Pet” plays with the power dynamic inherent in this scenario, imagining a situation where the prey might be more dangerous than the predator. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) But Anki says it will evolve; in December it will be able to recognize pets and learn new words. Time(Dec 01, 2016) THE majority of Americans see their pets as family members, surveys show. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement Hyper animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 2n a special loved one Syn|Hypo|Hyper darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite chosen one who is the object of choice; who is given preference macushla(an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling mollycoddlea pampered darling; an effeminate man teacher's petthe teacher's favorite student lover a person who loves someone or is loved by someone 3adj preferred above all others and treated with partiality Syn best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, preferent, preferred loved held dear 4v stroke or caress gently pet the lamb Hypo|Hyper canoodle fondle or pet affectionately gentlestroke soothingly make out, neckkiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion smooch, spoonsnuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others caress, fondle touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner 5v stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking 2Hyper caress, fondle touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner n a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) Hyper choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance an irritable petulant feeling PET (once / 40898 pages) n WORD FAMILY PET: PETS USAGE EXAMPLESPET imaging of glucose metabolism shows a considerable reduction in glucose use in the hippocampal formation and other limbic temporal regions131. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) PET A combination of psychological thriller and very dark love story. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) The injunctions were granted at the request of PET, whose officials hadn't read the book but feared it might contain secrets. US News(Oct 11, 2016) n using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) Syn|Hyper positron emission tomography imaging, tomography (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body |
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