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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary do·mes·ti·cate
(-cat·ed ; -cat·ing) DATE circa 1639 1. to bring into domestic use : adopt 2. to adapt (an animal or plant) to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans 3. to make domestic : fit for domestic life 4. to bring to the level of ordinary people
DATE 1951 : a domesticated animal or plant English Etymology domesticate 1630s, of animals; 1741, of persons, "to cause to be attached to home and family;" from pp. stem of M.L. domesticare "to dwell in a house," from domesticus (see domestic). Related: Domesticated; domestication. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 domesticate do·mes·ti·cate / dE5mestikeit / verb[VN] 1. to make a wild animal used to living with or working for humans 驯养,驯化(动物) 2. to grow plants or crops for human use 驯化,培育(植物或农作物) SYN cultivate
3. (often humorous) to make sb good at cooking, caring for a house, etc.; to make sb enjoy home life 使精于家务；使喜家居: Some men are very hard to domesticate. 有些男人很难做好家务活。 • do·mes·ti·cated adj.: domesticated animals 驯养的动物 They've become a lot more domesticated since they got married. 他们婚后恋家多了。 • do·mes·ti·ca·tion / dE7mesti5keiFn / noun [U] : the domestication of cattle 牛的驯养 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged domesticate I. do·mes·ti·cate \dəˈmestəˌkāt, dōˈ- usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: domestic (I) + -ate transitive verb 1. a. : to bring into domestic use : adopt , naturalize < a European custom domesticated here > b. : to bring into a degree of conformity and comfortable accommodation with one's home environment < an alien philosophy difficult to domesticate here > 2. : to cause to be domestically engaged, inclined, or adapted < offering home economics to domesticate the female prisoners > < whether she could domesticate her explorer husband > 3. a. : to adapt (an animal or plant) to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of man or another species usually by modifying growth and traits through provision of food, protection from enemies, and selective breeding during generations of living in association and often to the extent that the domesticated form loses the ability to survive in nature < the fungi domesticated by certain ants produce special bromatia on which the ants feed > < man domesticated the dog > b. : to subject to the control and service of man < settled communities were made possible by domesticating watercourses > 4. a. : to bring to the level (as of understanding) of ordinary people : familiarize < he domesticated the fairy tale and gave it a townsman's home — Robert Lynd > b. : to force into a mold of accepted conduct or thought : make conform < this deliberate attempt of the universities to domesticate our poets, if not to tame them — Conrad Aiken > intransitive verb 1. archaic a. : to live in the same household b. : to settle in or become habituated to an ordered household c. : to make one's home : settle 2. : to obtain a charter of incorporation in a particular state < an unlicensed foreign corporation doing business in the state without domesticating > II. domes·ti·cate \-stə̇kə̇]t, -stəˌkā], usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) : a domesticated animal or plant |
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