单词 | domestication |
释义 | domesticationn. The action of domesticating, or the condition of being domesticated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > taming or training makinga1393 dauntingc1400 educationa1538 cicuration1623 training1677 mitigation1737 domestication1774 domiciliation1775 society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > establishing residence settlementa1684 domiciliation1816 domestication1866 land settlement1924 settling in1955 1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. ii. ix. 13 The same discipline obtains even after domestication. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. viii. 175 Animals that readily enter into domestication. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xliv. 192 Her domestication with this family. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1774 |
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