Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #37335
domesticate
驯养；驯化
to tame (a wild animal) and keep it under human care
- 1.
To make domestic.
使变得适合家庭生活。
- 2.
To make (more) fit for domestic life.
使更适合家庭生活
- 3.
To adapt to live with humans.
适应与人类共同生活。
- 4.
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
使法律文书在外国司法管辖区内被认可和执行
- 5.
To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
修改文本元素以适应当地文化。
栽培（野生植物）；垦殖（土地）；使变得适合家庭生活。；使更适合家庭生活；适应与人类共同生活。；使法律文书在外国司法管辖区内被认可和执行
In use
People have tried to domesticate wild horses for thousands of years.
Farmers domesticated many wild plants before they started keeping animals.
By controlling their food and shelter, we are slowly domesticating these birds.
domesticate + noun (animal or plant)
Humans began to domesticate wild horses thousands of years ago.
人类数千年前开始驯化野马。
domesticate + noun (person or group)
此用法可能带有文化偏见，需谨慎使用。
The missionaries aimed to domesticate the indigenous people.
传教士旨在教化土著人。
be domesticated
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- domesticates
- plural, third person singular
- domesticated
- past, past participle
- domesticating
- present participle
Learner notes
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.