| 单词 | therapy animal |
| 释义 | > as lemmastherapy animal therapy animal n. an animal used in pet therapy; esp. one which may be taken to visit the elderly, small children, etc., often in an environment such as a care home or school, to provide comfort, excitement, and pleasure.Cf. pet therapy n. at pet n.2 and adj. Compounds 2, comfort animal n. at comfort n. Additions, emotional support n. ΚΠ 1986 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 5 Mar. 22/1 A program on therapy animals was given. 1988 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. (Connecticut Weekly section) 15/1 Last week, Cheer [sc. a golden retriever] received the Therapy Animal of the Year award from the Delta Society, a research organization..that studies interactions between animals and people. 2018 Sunderland Echo (Nexis) 28 Aug. The miniature Shetland was..rescued by Lisa... His work as a therapy animal with older people—as well as children with special needs—began after he visited the home where Lisa's husband worked. < as lemmas |
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