domesticate 详细解释

domesticate

[də'mestikeit]

vt. 驯养, 使专注于家务, 教化
n. 家禽, (家养)植物

vt.

1. 驯养(动物); 驯化

Cows were domesticated to provide us with milk.

驯养奶牛是为了给我们提供牛奶。

2. 使喜爱家庭(或理家); 使适应家庭生活[H]

She is not at all domesticated.

她一点不爱做家务。

3. 使(引种的植物)归化

4. 引进(外来词等); 采用(异族风俗等)

vi.

变得爱家; 常在家住

In spite of her efforts, Hunt had not quite domesticated.

虽然她想尽了办法, 亨特仍不常在家住。

词形变化

名词: domestication | 动词过去式: domesticated | 动词过去分词: domesticated | 动词现在分词: domesticating | 动词第三人称单数: domesticates |

词义辨析

同义:

v.驯养

tame  train  break  housebreak

v.使归化

familiarize  naturalize  habituate  orient  accustom  assimilate  acclimate  

英英释义

动词 domesticate:

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

同义词:cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

同义词:domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame

make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

同义词:tame

补充

domesticatedomesticate英:[dəˈmestikeit] 美:[dəˈmɛstɪˌket]vt.1.驯化Cows were domesticated to provide us with milk.人们饲养奶牛来为我们提供牛奶。

例句

1. We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting.我们驯狗来帮我们打猎。 2. domesticating the pristine world of the forest驯育原始森林 3. domesticating children使孩子习惯于家庭生活 4. She was fully domesticated by then,washing the dishes and taking out the garbage.从那以后她非常习惯于家务,刷碗碟和清除垃圾。 5. 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。 6. The wheat is one of the most important plants to be domesticated.小麦是被本地化的最重要的植物之一。 7. to domesticate foreign vegetables使外来蔬菜本地化 8. to domesticate the Bible stories使圣经故事通俗化 9. to domesticate radical ideas使激进思想为人接受 10. to domesticate an American new word引进一个美国新词 11. to domesticate the odd custome of exotic people采用异国人民的奇特习俗 12. to domesticate the Yellow River治理黄河[美国英语亦作domesticize] 13. Since they had their baby they've both quite domesticated.自从他们有了自己的婴儿,他们两个都已变得习惯于家庭生活了。 14. a foreign corporation without domesticating一家没得到法人资格的外国公司 15. mammals were first domesticated for their milk.哺乳动物最初被驯养是为了取奶。 16. you've quite domesticated him.你已把他改造成爱家的男人了。 17. [as adj. domesticated]he is thoroughly domesticated.他被彻底改造成家庭主男了。 18. Humans have domesticated dogs/cattle/chickens.人类已经驯化了狗/牛/鸡。 19. Horses and oxen have been domesticated to work on farms.马和牛已经被驯养来干农活。 20. Native Americans domesticated corn.美洲土著居民培植了玉米。 21. She jokes that dogs are easier to domesticate than men.她开玩笑说狗比男人更容易驯服。 22. domesticated animals驯养的动物 23. the domestication of animals动物的驯化