domesticate
domesticate
verb
domesticable
adjective
domestication
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.](一般作 be domesticated)tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce
驯养，驯化（动物）作为宠物或家畜（禽）饲养
mammals were first domesticated for their milk.
哺乳动物最初被驯养是为了取奶。
■cultivate (a plant) for food
栽培，种植（植物）（以食用）
■(humorous)make (someone) fond of and good at home life and the tasks that it involves
(幽默)使爱家；使善于持家
you've quite domesticated him.
你已把他改造成爱家的男人了。
[as adj. domesticated]he is thoroughly domesticated.
他被彻底改造成家庭主男了。
domesticable
adjective
domestication
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin domesticat- 'domesticated', from the verb domesticare, from Latin domesticus 'belonging to the house' (see domestic)
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