domesticate是什么意思？

domesticate

英[dəˈmestɪkeɪt] 美[dəˈmɛstɪˌket]

• vt. 驯养，使爱家，适应家庭生活，引进；

第三人称单数：domesticates;

过去式：domesticated;

过去分词：domesticated;

现在分词：domesticating;

名词：domestication;

形容词：domesticated;

例句

• Objective: to do domesticate cultivation of Asarum heteropodies Fr. 目的: 驯化栽培北细辛、华细辛.
• Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals. 数千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物.
• Some men are very hard to domesticate. 有些男人很难做好家务活。

同义词

• v.
  domesticate的同义词之：使归化
  orient, naturalize, familiarize, accustom, assimilate, acclimate, habituate,
  domesticate的同义词之：驯养
  housebreak, break, train, tame,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  驯养;驯化
  When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets.
  例句
  We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting. 我们驯狗来帮我们打猎。 ...sheep, cattle, horses, and other domesticated animals. 羊、牛、马及其他驯养的动物

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  驯化
  Cows were domesticated to provide us with milk. 人们饲养奶牛来为我们提供牛奶。 Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals. 数千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物。

英英词典释义

• 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"