pet(ペット)
要点愛がん動物
意味
- 愛がん動物,ペット
- 《単数形で》お気に入りの人(物)
- (動物などが)愛がん用の,ペットの
- (名前などが)愛情を表す
- お気に入りの;お得意の
- …を愛撫(あいぶ)する,かわいがる
- (ささいなことについての)不きげん,すねること
例文
Being in a room full of smokers is my pet peeve.
喫煙者でいっぱいの部屋にいるのは僕の不機嫌の種だ。
One day, she told me that she wanted a pet cat.
ある日、彼女はペットの猫がほしいと私に知らせました。
My friend is letting his pet dog eat raspberries.
飼い犬に木苺を食べさせている友達がいる。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun.
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