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.