When they first started using them, they used them as pet animals.

一开始，他们把这类马当成宠物来喂养。

A regular menagerie appeared in barn and shed, for pet animals were allowed.

马厩和车房都成了地道的动物园，因为容许他们养宠物。

Really? But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.

真的吗？可是我听说她住的公寓大楼正打算禁止养宠物呢。

Really? But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.

真的吗？但是我听说他的公寓马上就要禁止饲养宠物了。

Admire the displays of the various species that roam the far North and take the opportunity to pet live animals.

参观生存在遥远北方的各种物种展示，并趁机体验抚摸真实动物的乐趣。

But when they are with a pet animal, they calm down, relax, and smile.

但是当他们和宠物在一起时，他们会冷静下来， 放松下来，并且微笑。

Mary had never possessed an animal pet of her own and had always thought she should like one.

玛丽从未养过自己的动物宠物，她一直认为自己应该喜欢一只。

And the dread of bodily hardship mingled with the dread of shame; for Hetty had the luxurious nature of a round soft-coated pet animal.

对身体不适的恐惧与对耻辱的恐惧交织在一起；因为海蒂具有圆形软毛宠物的奢华天性。

More unusually, three percent had poked themselves in the eye with a biscuit and seven percent bitten by a pet or other wild animal trying to get their biscuit.

更稀奇的是，3%的人用饼干戳到过自己的眼睛，7%的人在喂宠物或野生动物饼干时被咬伤。

Yeah, we didn't have animals because we were living on an estate which allowed for no animals, pet animals but we, my mother grows her own lettuce, herbs, things like that, yeah.

会，我们没养动物，因为我们生活的那个地区不让养动物和宠物，我妈妈种了莴苣和草药之类的蔬菜。

The basic meaning of " pet" is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is kept as a companion, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy.

" 宠物" 这个词语的本义是我们出于情感而不是经济目的所养的动物。一只被养的宠物会被当作一个伙伴，我们所有人都需要伙伴来不断愉悦身心。

I know that stroking a dog helps me to relax; other research has shown that petting animals can reduce stress hormone levels and anxiety, so it makes sense to introduce them into an environment where people are stressed.

我知道抚摸狗可以帮助我放松；其他研究表明， 抚摸动物可以降低压力荷尔蒙水平和焦虑， 因此将它们引入人们有压力的环境中是有意义的。

Does any sweet or sad memory mingle with this dream of the future—any loving thought of her second parents—of the children she had helped to tend—of any youthful companion, any pet animal, any relic of her own childhood even?

有没有任何甜蜜或悲伤的记忆与这个未来的梦想交织在一起——对她第二任父母的任何爱的想法——对她帮助照料的孩子——任何年轻的伙伴、任何宠物， 甚至是她自己童年的任何遗物？