| 词汇 | pet |
| 释义 | pet noun [ C ] uk/pet/ us/pet/ (ANIMAL) A1 宠物 an animal that is kept in the home as a companion and treated kindly They have several pets - a dog, two rabbits, and a guinea pig. 他们有好几只宠物：一只狗、两只兔子和一只豚鼠。 a pet snake 宠物蛇
(PERSON) be someone's pet disapproving 是（某人的）宠儿 to be the person that someone in authority likes best and treats better than anyone else be (the) teacher's pet The other children hated her because she was the teacher's pet. 别的孩子都恨她，因为她是老师的宠儿。 Tommy went from being teacher's pet to the bad boy of the class. He loved all his children, but Lauren was his special pet. He was the coach's pet and the other team members were jealous. She was the boss's pet and could always persuade him to let us off early. informal approving讨人喜欢的人 a kind person who is easy to like He's always sending me flowers - he's a real pet! 他总是送花给我——他真讨人喜欢！ UK informal宝贝，乖乖（尤用于称呼女性或孩子） a friendly way of talking to someone, especially a woman or a child Thank you, pet. 谢谢你，宝贝儿。 pet verb uk/pet/ us/pet/ -tt- [ T ]抚摸，爱抚，轻按 If you pet an animal, child, etc., you touch it, him, or her gently and kindly with your hands. Our dog loves to be petted and tickled behind the ears. 我们的狗喜欢人在它耳后抚摸、挠痒。 [ I ] informal（男女间）亲吻，爱抚 If two people are petting, they are kissing and touching each other in a sexual way. See also: heavy petting pet adjective uk/pet/ us/pet/ pet theory, subject, hate, etc. 特别喜爱的理论／话题／特别讨厌的事物（等等） a theory, subject, hate, etc. that is special and important to you pet peeve US My pet peeve (= pet hate) is cleaning the bathroom. 我最讨厌的事情就是打扫浴室。 Football is one of her pet hates. 足球是她最讨厌的东西之一。 Little did he know that prison reforms was one of my pet subjects. One of my pet hates is people who leave a concert before the clapping stops. My own pet theory is that people without children age more slowly. PET noun [ U ] uk/ˌpiːˌiːˈtiː/ us/ˌpiːˌiːˈtiː/ (PLASTIC) 聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯（polyethylene terephthalate 的缩写） abbreviation for polyethylene terephthalate: a type of plastic used especially to make bottles The house has translucent walls made from a plastic called PET, essentially the same material used in soda bottles. 房子半透明的墙壁是用一种叫做PET的塑料制成的，基本上与汽水瓶的材料相同。 Most water bottles are made from PET plastic. 大多数装水的瓶子都是由PET塑料制成的。
(SCAN) 正电子发射计算机断层扫描术（positron emission tomography 的缩写） abbreviation for positron emission tomography: a method of using special rays (= beams of light) to make images of the inside of the body, especially the brain They used PET, a brain-scanning technology. 他们使用了PET，一种大脑扫描技术。 Volunteers underwent PET scans while trying to quickly retrace routes between various landmarks in the virtual town. 志愿者在接受PET扫描的同时，试图在虚拟城镇中的各个地标之间快速追溯路线。
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