domesticate

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vt. 养驯, 引进(外来词等), 教化

发音

US /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/

词形变化

domesticates 复数 domesticates domesticated domesticates 三单 domesticating domesticating 现在分词 domesticated 过去式 domesticated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

驯养；教化；引进

动词

驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To make domestic.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To make (more) fit for domestic life.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To adapt to live with humans.

    及物

    The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.

  4. 4.

    To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.

    归化

    及物 语言学
  5. 5.

    To adapt to live with humans.

    不及物

    Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.

  6. 6.

    To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

tame reclaim cultivate naturalize domesticise domesticize naturalise

上位词 5

change alter adapt accommodate modify

下位词 2

break break in

近义相关 4

tame reclaim domesticise domesticize

词源

First attested in 1860; borrowed from Medieval Latin domesticātus (“domesticated”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary