英 [dəˈmestɪkeɪt] 美 [dəˈmestɪkeɪt]
vt. 驯养；教化；引进
vi. 驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活
复数domesticates
第三人称单数domesticates
现在分词domesticating
过去式domesticated
过去分词domesticated
domesticate /dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt/ TEM8 [ domesticating domesticated domesticates ]
及物动词 When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets. 驯养; 引种驯化
We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting.
我们驯养狗来帮助我们打猎。
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
domesticate oats
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
The horse was domesticated a long time ago
同义词： tame
驯化-引用次数：17
驯养
动物有驯养（Domesticated），植物也有驯养。八千年前新石器时代，人类开始开垦土地，种植农作物，进入农业社会。
... 使驯服;使和顺 [domesticate;tame] 解释 [explain] 逐渐地循序渐进 [gradually] ...
... 使驯服;使和顺 [domesticate;tame] 解释 [explain] 逐渐地循序渐进 [gradually] ...
...焦虑，不断发明更多的“提升效率”的工具，如此往复。但其实，我们无法真正预测各种决定最后会带来的后果。 驯化（domesticate）一词来源自拉丁文“domus”，意思是“房子”，然而，现在关在房子里的不是小麦而是智人。
domestic 国内的；家庭的；驯养的；一心只管家务的
domesticated 家养的；驯服的；喜欢家庭生活的
domestically 国内地；家庭式地；适合国内地
domesticated 驯养（domesticate的过去分词）；使习惯于家庭生活
The Botai were the first to domesticate horses?
博泰人是第一批驯养马的人？
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。
Some men are very hard to domesticate.
有些男人很难做好家务活。
Humans started to domesticate wild cows about eight to ten thousand years ago.
VOA : special.2009.05.05
' I did master the principles of how to domesticate a man.
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Even then, to his credit, Ang Lee is never tempted to domesticate this cat, except briefly, when both boy and beast are starving and at death's door.