domesticate
domesticate 英 [dəˈmestɪkeɪt] 美 [dəˈmɛstɪˌket]
vt. 驯养；教化；引进 vi. 驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活
进行时:domesticating 过去式:domesticated 过去分词:domesticated 第三人称单数:domesticates
- To domesticate something is to tame a wild animal or plant so it can live with people. Dogs and cats are called domesticated animals because they live with us peacefully.
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- vt. 驯养；教化；引进
- vi. 驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活
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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。
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2. As time went on, many of these first settlers settled down and began to farm and domesticate animals.
随着时间的推移，这些第一批移民的大多数定居下来，开始农耕和驯养动物。
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3. They also had easy access to abundant plants with nuts and seeds, so there was no imperative to domesticate animals or to cultivate particular crops.
同时绳纹人也能很轻松地找到数量又多种类又全的坚果和种子植物，所以也没必要驯养动物或培育特定的农作物。
- domesticate (v.) 1630s, of animals; 1741, of persons, "to cause to be attached to home and family;" from Medieval Latin domesticatus, past participle of domesticare "to tame," literally "to dwell in a house," from domesticus "belonging to the household," from domus "house," from PIE *dom-o- "house," from root *dem- "house, household." Related: Domesticated; domesticating.
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