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- a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure and treated with care and affection玩赏动物, 爱畜, 宠物：
the pony was a family pet.
小型马是家庭的爱畜。
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- a person treated with special favour, especially in a way that others regard as unfair得宠的人, 宠儿：
Liz was teacher's pet.
莉兹深得老师宠爱。
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- used as an affectionate form of address［用作爱称］宝贝：
don't cry, pet, it's all right.
不要哭了, 宝贝, 没事的。
attrib.
1- (of an animal or bird) kept as a pet（动物, 鸟）养着玩赏的：
a pet cat.
宠物猫。
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- of or relating to pet animals（与）玩赏动物（有关）的, （与）宠物（有关）的：
a pet shop
宠物商店
pet food.
宠物食品。
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- denoting a thing that one devotes special attention to or feels particularly strongly about格外的, 特别的, 极其的：
another of her pet projects was the arts centre
她特别倾心的另一个工程是艺术中心
my pet hate is woodwork.
我非常讨厌木制品。
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- denoting a person or establishment that one regards with particular favour or affection宠爱的, 宝贝的; 特别珍爱的：
I found the chairs at my pet antiques dealer in Cannes.
我是在戛纳我最喜爱的古董商那里发现这些椅子的。
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petted, petting
with obj. stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately抚摸, 爱抚（动物）：the cats came to be petted.
那些猫跑来想得到抚摸。
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- treat (someone) with affection or favouritism; pamper把…当宠儿; 宠爱, 溺爱：
I was cosseted and petted and never shouted at.
我被宠着哄着, 从来也没人对我大呼小叫过。
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- no obj. engage in sexually stimulating caressing and touching抚摸调情：
she watched the couples necking and petting in the cars.
她看着成双成对的人们在汽车里亲吻抚摸。
派生词
petter
noun词源
early 16th cent. （as a noun; originally Scots and northern English）： of unknown origin.