domesticate

英 [də'mestɪkeɪt] 美 [də'mestɪkeɪt]

• vt. 驯养；使专注于家务；教化
• n. 家禽；(家养)植物

英英释义

Verb:

1. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

   "domesticate oats"
   "tame the soil"
   

2. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable;

   "He tames lions for the circus"
   "reclaim falcons"
   

3. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;

   "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"
   "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. If you domesticate this raccoon,it will have trouble living in the wild.
   如果你驯养这只浣熊，它生活在野外将会有困难。
2. Crusoe learns to plant crops, domesticate goats for milk, and even train a parrot for a pet.
   鲁滨逊学会了种植粮食作物，驯养野羊，获取牛奶，甚至还训练出一只鹦鹉作宠物。

经典引文

• An element in the Greek nation originally foreign, but now domesticated.

  出自： Gladstone

近反义词

【近义词】

• tame 驯服的
• break 打碎
• housebreak 训练(犬
• train 列车
• bring under control 置于 ... 控制之下...
• control 掌控
• housetrain 训练
• naturalize 使加入国籍
• familiarize 使熟悉
• orient 东方
• accustom 使习惯
• habituate 使习惯于
• assimilate 使同化
• acclimate 使习惯于新环境...
• domesticise 驯服
• cultivate 栽培
• reclaim 收回
• naturalise 归入(国籍)
• domesticize 驯服