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单词 pet
释义

pet1 /pet/

noun
  1. A tame animal kept for companionship or amusement
  2. An indulged favourite
  3. Used as an endearment
adjective
  1. Kept as a pet
  2. For or of pet animals
  3. Indulged
  4. Cherished
  5. Favourite
transitive verb (pettˈing; pettˈed)
  1. To treat as a pet
  2. To fondle
  3. To pamper
  4. To indulge
intransitive verb (informal)

To indulge in amorous caressing

ORIGIN: Origin unknown; not from Gaelic

pettˈed adjective

pettˈer noun

pettˈing noun

pet aversion or pet hate noun

A chief object of dislike

petˈ-day noun (Scot)

A day of sunshine in the middle of bad weather

pet name noun

A name used in familiar affection

petˈ-sit intransitive verb

To look after a pet in its owner's absence

petˈ-sitter noun

petting party noun (informal)

A gathering for the purpose of amorous caressing as an organized sport

pet2 /pet/

noun
  1. A slighted and offended feeling
  2. A slight or childish fit of aggrieved or resentful sulkiness
  3. The sulks, huff
intransitive verb

To be peevish, to sulk

ORIGIN: Origin unknown

pettˈed adjective

  1. In a pet
  2. Apt to be in a pet

pettˈedly adverb

pettˈedness noun

pettˈish adjective

  1. Peevish
  2. Sulky
  3. Inclined to sulk
  4. Of the nature of or expressive of sulkiness

pettˈishly adverb

pettˈishness noun

PET

abbrev
  1. Polyethylene terephthalate
  2. Positron emission tomography, a technique for imaging the internal structures of the body
  3. Potentially exempt transfer, a gift made during the donor's lifetime, tax-free provided the donor survives for seven years after making the gift

Pet. (Bible)

abbrev

(the Letters of) Peter

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