pet• The student had formed a relationship with the rabbits she could reach and accompanied their feeding with petting and talking to them.• He did not pet it, or stroke it: he stood staring.• The temptation was to pet it.• Gentlepetting made him sit down and close his eyes.• He allows Lennie to petmice and was going to let him keep one of Slim's new pups.• Do you want to pet the kitty?
pet3adjectiveadj
1.pet project/theory/subjectIDEAa plan, idea, or subject that you particularly like or are interested in 特别喜爱[感兴趣]的计划/理论/话题
2pet hateBritish EnglishBrE, pet peeve American EnglishHATE something that you strongly dislike because it always annoys you 特别讨厌的事物;极可恶的事物
TV game shows are one of my pet hates.
电视游戏节目是我最讨厌的节目之一。
Examples from the Corpus
pet hate• Mum's particular petpeeve is people leaving their dirty clothes lying on the floor.• The poll also gave the thumbs down to maleknow-it-alls - the pet hate for most women.• TV Game shows have been my pet hate for some time now.• But my pet hate is woodworkjoinery.• Apart from thieves his pet hate was Gypsies.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PET | PET + NOUNADJECTIVE➤domestic, family, house, household家庭寵物;家養寵物➤beloved心愛的寵物◇the loss of a beloved pet失去心愛的寵物➤abandoned, unwanted被遺棄的寵物➤lost丟失的寵物◇if you need help locating your lost pet如果您需要幫助尋找你丟失的寵物➤exotic外來寵物◇the booming trade in exotic pets興旺的外來寵物貿易➤virtual虛擬寵物◇the latest wave of toy technology: virtual pets最新潮的玩具技術:虛擬寵物VERB + PET➤have, keep, own有寵物;養寵物➤allow允許有寵物◇The apartment we live in doesn't allow pets of any kind.我們居住的公寓不允許飼養任何種類的寵物。➤feed餵寵物◇Feed your pet a healthy diet.用健康的食物餵養你的寵物。PET + NOUN➤shop, store (especially NAmE) 寵物店▸➤cat, dog, rabbit, etc.寵物貓、寵物狗、寵物兔等▸➤owner寵物主人➤sitter寵物保母◇Some pet sitters charge on a per-visit basis.有些寵物保母按次收費。➤care寵物護理◇the pet care industry寵物護理行業➤trade寵物交易◇the smuggling of endangered species for the pet trade寵物貿易中瀕危物種的走私➤food寵物食品➤dander, hair寵物皮屑/毛髮◇people who are allergic to pet dander對寵物皮屑過敏的人◇a vacuum cleaner that can tackle pet hair能處理寵物毛髮的吸塵器➤allergy寵物過敏◇kids with pet allergies對寵物過敏的兒童➤carrier寵物籠◇She bundled Daisy into her pet carrier.她把黛西放入寵物籃。