veterinary

Compared meaning: a doctor for animals (noun).

比较义项：兽医（名词）。

• vet

  The common, everyday noun for an animal doctor, used constantly in both speech and writing across all English-speaking regions; it also has an unrelated verb sense meaning to screen or check someone, not compared here.

  这是表示“动物医生”最常见、最日常的名词，在英美等英语地区的口语和书面语中都极为常用；它还有一个不相关的动词义，表示“审查、甄别”，此处不作比较。

  She has worked as a vet at the local animal clinic for ten years.

  她在当地的动物诊所当兽医已经十年了。

• veterinary 本词

  A less common, somewhat dated or formal noun for an animal doctor, mostly found in older or British writing; in current English it normally works as an adjective, as in 'veterinary clinic', rather than standing alone as a noun.

  这是表示“动物医生”的名词用法，较为少见，带有陈旧或书面色彩，多见于较早或英式英语的文本；在现代英语中，它通常用作形容词，如“veterinary clinic（兽医诊所）”，而较少单独作名词使用。

  In the small village, the old veterinary treated every farm animal for miles around.

  在这个小村庄里，那位年迈的兽医为方圆数英里内的所有农场动物看病。

Vet and veterinary can both mean an animal doctor, but usage differs. Vet is the common, everyday noun. Veterinary as a noun is rare and dated; today it usually works as an adjective, as in 'veterinary clinic'. Vet's verb sense is not compared here.

这两个词在“兽医”这个名词义项上意思几乎相同，但使用频率和语体不同：vet 是最常用、最口语化的说法；veterinary 作名词较少见，带有陈旧或书面色彩。此处不比较 vet 作动词表示“审查、甄别”的义项，也不比较 veterinary 作形容词（如 veterinary clinic 兽医诊所）的常见用法。