vet

英 [vet] 美[vɛt]

中低频词常用词汇

复数: vets;第三人称单数: vets;过去式: vetted;过去分词: vetted;现在分词: vetting;

vet 老兵，兽医

缩写自veteran.

vet: vet: [19] Vet is short for veterinary surgeon. As a verb, it was originally used (in the 1890s) for ‘examine an animal medically’, but before the end of the 19th century this had broadened out to ‘investigate, screen’. Veterinary [18] itself came from Latin veterīnārius, a derivative of veterīnus ‘of cattle and similar domestic animals’.
vet (n.1): 1862, shortened form of veterinarian.
vet (v.): "to submit (an animal) to veterinary care," 1891, from veterinarian. The colloquial sense of "subject (something) to careful examination" (as of an animal by a veterinarian, especially of a horse before a race) is attested by 1901. Related: Vetted; vetting.
vet (n.2): 1848, shortened form of veteran (n.).

4. I'm going take the dog down to the vet'sand have her put to sleep.: 我要把小狗带到兽医那里，让她安乐死。

5. In the old days we got a visit from the vet maybe once a year.: 以前，兽医大概每年来我们这里出诊一次。