domesticate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they domesticate | |
| he / she / it domesticates | |
| past simple domesticated | |
| past participle domesticated | |
| -ing form domesticating |
- [often passive]
to make a wild animal used to living with or working for humans 驯养，驯化（动物） - be domesticated
Mammals were first domesticated for their milk. 哺乳动物最初被驯养是为了取奶。
- be domesticated
- [often passive]
to grow plants or crops for human use, especially for the first time 驯化（植物）；栽培（农作物） - be domesticated
Corn was domesticated more than 6 000 years ago. 玉米在6 000多年前就被驯化了。
- be domesticated
- domesticate somebody (often humorous)
to make somebody good at cooking, caring for a house, etc.; to make somebody enjoy home life 使精于家务；使喜家居
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin domesticat- ‘domesticated’, from the verb domesticare, from Latin domesticus ‘belonging to the house’, from domus ‘house’.