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To rehome a pet is to find it a new owner and a new home. You hear this most from animal shelters and rescue groups: a dog or cat has been looked after there, and now someone is trying to place it with a family who can keep it. Though actually, people also rehome pets when they move, fall ill, or can no longer care for them — it is not only a shelter word. It is a kind way of talking. It points at a new home, not at throwing the animal away. You rehome animals, not sofas, and not people (for people, English prefers ). Neutral, everyday English in charity and pet talk; not a stiff legal word.
送養、幫寵物找新家(收容所或原飼主把動物交給新飼主;認養是對方「領走」,送養才比較接近這個動詞)
組成re- (again, back) + home. So: to give a home again.
同家族的字
- homethe base word — the place you live
原始詞典資料2 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。
rehomeverb/ɹiːˈhəʊm/
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To find a new home for (especially a pet).
- The cat recovered after treatment by a vet and has now been rehomed.
- Lucy added: "Working in a busy station means that acquiring animals on shift isn't particularly unusual. At the start of lockdown last year, we had to rehome a baby dove.
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To find a new family for (one or more adopted children) without using official adoption agencies.
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。