单词 | domestication |
释义 | domestication (once / 6267 pages) n WORD FAMILY domesticate: domesticated, domesticates, domesticating, domestication+/domesticated: undomesticated USAGE EXAMPLESIt maintained it would cause "considerable harm" and "present a creeping domestication" to the surrounding area. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) This is the political domestication and co-optation of the once-vexing global warming hypothesis. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) Rubio, who returned from Thailand on Aug. 8, continues to educate herself about elephant domestication through an independent study. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1n adaptation to intimate association with human beings Hyper adaptation, adaption, adjustment the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) 2n accommodation to domestic life her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication Hyper accommodation, adjustment, fitting making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances 3n the attribute of having been domesticated Syn|Ant|Hyper tameness wildness an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature flexibility, tractability, tractableness the trait of being easily persuaded |
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