手真的在摸
這一組留著整張圖：手確實貼在對方身上慢慢移動，差別只在對象是動物還是人。
noun · B1
The act of moving your hand slowly and gently over an animal, the way you stroke a cat, a dog, or a rabbit.
撫摸（動物）
核心畫面
Picture one hand resting on something and moving slowly back and forth. It never presses and it never leaves; it just keeps going, and whatever is under it settles. That hand is the whole word. What changes from sense to sense is who or what is under it, and what the touching is for.
可以想成一隻手貼著什麼東西，慢慢地來回移動。它不用力，也不離開，就是一直那樣動著，底下的那個對象就安定下來了。這隻手…更多收起
可以想成一隻手貼著什麼東西，慢慢地來回移動。它不用力，也不離開，就是一直那樣動著，底下的那個對象就安定下來了。這隻手就是這個字的全部。每個意思的差別，只在於手底下的是誰、以及為什麼要這樣摸。Two branches
把人當寶貝寵著
這一組把畫面從手上移開，只留下態度：像照顧一隻很受寵的動物那樣照顧一個人。手不一定真的碰到誰。
noun · C2
The act of treating someone as a favourite and making a fuss of them — soft treatment, attention, and small comforts given to a person.
寵溺照顧
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pettingnoun/ˈpɛtɪŋ/
- 1
The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
- 2
lifestylesexsexualityThe act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
- 3
The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。