domesticate
- IPA[dəˈmestəˌkāt]
美式
- tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce；cultivate (a plant) for food
verb: domesticate, 3rd person present: domesticates, gerund or present participle: domesticating, past tense: domesticated, past participle: domesticated
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動詞
- 1. tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce mammals were first domesticated for their milk 同義詞
- ▪ cultivate (a plant) for food the potato was first domesticated on Andean slopes 同義詞
- ▪ make (someone) fond of and good at home life and the tasks that it involves you've really domesticated him
- (of an animal) tame and kept as a pet or on a farm: domesticated dogs
Oxford Dictionary
- (of an animal) tame and kept as a pet or on a farm: domesticated dogs
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[dəˈmɛstɪkeɪt]
英式
- tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or on a farm: mammals were first domesticated for their milk
Oxford Dictionary
