Pet
[pet] or [pɛt]
解释:
(noun.) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement.
(noun.) a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight).
(verb.) stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking.
(verb.) stroke or caress gently; 'pet the lamb'.
校对:维托--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
(n.) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
(n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
(a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
(v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
(v. i.) To be a pet.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Fondling, darling, favorite.[2]. Miff, angry mood, fit of peevishness.
a. Favorite, especially liked.
v. a. Fondle, indulge, caress, make much of.
手打:蒙塔古
同义词及反义词：
[See FONDLE]
SYN:Darling, fondling, favorite, cosset, jewel, minion, idol
ANT:Horror, bugbear, aversion, scarecrow
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解释:
n. any animal tame and fondled: a word of endearment often used to young children: a favourite child: a wilful young woman—also Peat.—adj. indulged: cherished: favourite.—v.t. to treat as a pet: to fondle:—pr.p. pet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. pet′ted.
n. a sudden fit of peevishness or slight passion: ill-humour.—v.i. to be peevish to sulk.
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例句:
- We loved each other about as boys generally do,--off and on, and in general;--he was my father's pet, and I my mother's. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Why, my pet of pets, I could have told you that weeks and weeks ago! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I have always noticed that you were a sort of pet of his. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Beth mourned as for a departed kitten, and Meg refused to defend her pet. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But she can pet and comfort him after I'm gone, and so cure him of this romantic notion. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Shirley made him her pet, and he made Shirley his playmate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Speak, my pet! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Why, my pet of pets, I could have told you that weeks and weeks ago! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- He seems to be even fonder of his mice than of his other pets, smiles at them, and kisses them, and calls them by all sorts of endearing names. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She would accept nothing but the world of amusement, and the serious people of her life were the animals she had for pets. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Give us a kiss, my pets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- No one had ever considered the possibility of eating pork, for in those days pigs were pets, and just as every family today has its dog Rover, so then, every family had its pig Scraps. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still and loved her pets as well as ever. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I had forgotten the strange pets which the doctor affected. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- To go petting Papa and helping you, just to wheedle you into liking him. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- No, no, not so bad as that, said Lydgate, giving up remonstrance and petting her resignedly. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He will make a fine man, if not spoiled by petting, replied her mother. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- She is still petting and patting it when the cows come in to be milked. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I believe all the petting that is given them does not make them happy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It was not only a pleasure, but a duty to answer them, for the poor fellow was forlorn, and needed petting, since Jo persisted in being stonyhearted. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting and ought to get it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Amy was in a fair way to be spoiled, for everyone petted her, and her small vanities and selfishnesses were growing nicely. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- She petted them, as I may say, and made the most of them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Riderhood quite petted his reply; saying a second time, and prolonging a negative roll of his head, 'n--n--not a inch sooner, governor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- By-and-by tears answered him; he petted herand they were friends. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- She felt her exile deeply, and for the first time in her life, realized how much she was beloved and petted at home. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- She petted Margaret in every possible way, and bought every delicacy, or soft luxury in which she herself would have burrowed and sought comfort. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Everyone petted her, and 'Daisey', as they called her, was in a fair way to have her head turned. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
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