pet

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
    — My dog Fido has been a loyal pet for ten years.
  2. A term of endearment usually applied to women and children. Geordie,Ireland
  3. Abbreviation of petition. abbreviation,alt-of
  4. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
    — His genius at this time was of a decidedly gloomy cast. He brought his mother a tragedy, in which, though he killed sixteen people before the second act, it made her laugh so, that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in a pet.
  5. Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. broadly
    — pet plant, pet rock
  6. One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
  7. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
    — At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby.
动词 v.
  1. To stroke or fondle (an animal). transitive
    — I really love to pet cute puppies.
  2. To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with.
    — Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it
  3. To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. informal,intransitive,transitive
    — We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
  4. To keep or treat (an animal) as a pet. dated,transitive
    — Deer are often tamed and petted, and their flesh is so much esteemed by all Malays, that it is very natural they should endeavour to introduce them into the remote islands in which they settled, and whose luxuriant forests seem so well adapted for their subsistence.
  5. To treat (someone) as a pet; to fondle; to indulge. dated,transitive
    — His daughter was petted and spoiled.
  6. To be a pet. archaic,intransitive
  7. To be peevish; to sulk. archaic,intransitive
    — He sure is queasie stomach't that must pet, and puke, at such a trivial circumstance
形容词 adj.
  1. Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention. figuratively,not-comparable
    — a pet project
  2. Kept or treated as a pet. literally,not-comparable
    — pet rock
  3. Good; ideal. not-comparable,obsolete
    — “Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s a pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.”

词形变化

pets plural pets present,singular,third-person petting participle,present pet past petted childish,past petted participle,past pet participle,past pets plural pets present,singular,third-person petting participle,present petted participle,past petted past pets plural pets plural

词汇关系

近义词
companion animal grope touch up cosset feel up coddle
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related.
The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
Clipping of petulance.
词源 3
Clipping of petition.
词源 4
Clipping of petal.
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