| 单词 | domesticate |
| 释义 | domesticate (once / 1790 pages) v 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. Nobody knows who first domesticated a wolf, but whoever it was was a very important person. If people hadn't started living with wolves, slowly domesticating them and teaching them to get along with people, wolves would never have evolved into today's dogs. We usually talk about how to domesticate animals, but wild plants can be domesticated too. WORD FAMILYdomesticate: domesticated, domesticates, domesticating, domestication+/domesticated: undomesticated USAGE EXAMPLESSome livestock fares poorly, though other domesticated animals romp happily into the wild. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Although wapato was not a domesticated crop, the tubers’ starchy flesh was an important food source, especially in the winter when other options were scarce. Science Magazine(Dec 21, 2016) That’s the drawback but also the glory of creatures that were never domesticated. The New Yorker(Dec 17, 2016) 1v make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans The horse was domesticated a long time ago Syn|Hyper tame domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable accommodate, adapt make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose 2v adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment domesticate oats Syn|Hyper cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame accommodate, adapt make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose 3v overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable Syn|Hypo|Hyper domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans break, break in make submissive, obedient, or useful alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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