vet
noun/vet/
/vet/
- (especially British English) (North American English usually veterinarian)(also British English, formal veterinary surgeon)a person who has been trained in the science of animal medicine, whose job is to treat animals who are sick or injured
兽医 - We had to take the dog to the local vet.
我们只好带 狗去看当地的兽医。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- qualified
- chief
- practising/practicing
- …
- call
- call out
- contact
- …
- recommend something
- examine something
- treat something
- …
- We had to take the dog to the local vet.
- vet’s(plural vets)the place where a vet works
兽医诊所 - I've got to take the dog to the vet's tomorrow.
明天我得把狗带到兽医诊所去诊治。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- qualified
- chief
- practising/practicing
- …
- call
- call out
- contact
- …
- recommend something
- examine something
- treat something
- …
- I've got to take the dog to the vet's tomorrow.
- (North American English, informal) (also veteran British and North American English)a person who has been a soldier, sailor, etc. in a war
退伍军人；老兵；老战士；老水兵 - a Vietnam vet
参加过越战的老兵
- a Vietnam vet
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 mid 19th cent: abbreviation of veterinary or veterinarian. noun sense 3 mid 19th cent.: abbreviation.