Tom is the pet name of Thomas.

汤姆是托马斯的爱称。

Benny is a pet name for the rabbit.

本尼是对这只兔子的爱称。

Until this decade, he shuddered at words like "dear", "honey" and "love", finding them bourgeois and vapidly unrealistic.

近十年来，对于"dear","honey"and"love"这些爱称，他仍会觉得浑身不自在，为这些词语于小资、无趣且不合实际。