孩子先把家养的宠物猫称为“猫”，然后把这个称呼扩大到其他看起来像猫的动物。

A child first labels the household pet cat as a "cat" and then generalizes this label to other animals that look like it.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

孩子在画他们的宠物。

The children were drawing pictures of their pets.

《牛津词典》

例如，如果一个机器人在家里做家务，你不会希望它把宠物猫放进烤箱里将其作为饥饿的孩子的晚餐。

For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children.

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