domesticate
英 [də'mestɪkeɪt]
美 [də'mɛstɪket]
- vt. 馴養；教化；引進
- vi. 馴養；使習慣於或喜愛家務和家庭生活
中文詞源
domesticate 馴養來自拉丁語domus, 家，詞源同domain. 即家養的，馴養。
英文詞源
- 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 (see domestic). Related: Domesticated; domesticating.
雙語例句
- 1. Some men are very hard to domesticate.
- 有些男人很難做好家務活。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals.
- 數千年以前人們就學會了飼養動物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Objective: to do domesticate cultivation of Asarum heteropodies Fr.
- 目的: 馴化栽培北細辛、華細辛.
來自互聯網
- 4. It's difficult to domesticate a bachelor.
- 很難使一個單身漢適應家庭生活.
來自互聯網
- 5. If you domesticate this raccoon, it will have trouble living in the wild.
- 如果你馴養這隻浣熊, 它生活在野外將會有困難.
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