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domesticate

英 [də'mestɪkeɪt] 美 [də'mɛstɪket]

解释

vt. 驯养；教化；引进
vi. 驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活

※ 提供单词"domesticate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

domesticate 驯养

来自拉丁语domus, 家，词源同domain. 即家养的，驯养。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. Some men are very hard to domesticate.: 有些男人很难做好家务活。

2. Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals.: 数千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物.

3. Objective: to do domesticate cultivation of Asarum heteropodies Fr.: 目的: 驯化栽培北细辛、华细辛.

4. It's difficult to domesticate a bachelor.: 很难使一个单身汉适应家庭生活.

5. If you domesticate this raccoon, it will have trouble living in the wild.: 如果你驯养这只浣熊, 它生活在野外将会有困难.