domestication

英 [dəʊˌmɛstɪˈkeɪʃən]

美 [dəˌmɛstəˈkeɪʃən]

n.  驯养；驯化

复数：domestications　

BNC.35241 / COCA.24398

柯林斯词典

• VERB 驯养;驯化
  When peopledomesticatewild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets.
  1. We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting.
     我们驯狗来帮我们打猎。
  2. ...sheep, cattle, horses, and other domesticated animals.
     羊、牛、马及其他驯养的动物

英英释义

noun

• accommodation to domestic life
  1. her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication
• the attribute of having been domesticated
  Synonym:tameness
• adaptation to intimate association with human beings

双语例句

• Culture; language and cultural communication; humor; cultural differences; domestication; foreignization;
  文化；语言和文化交流；幽默；文化差异；归化；异化；
• The domestication of animals such as oxen provided mankind with the pulling power needed to develop the first plows.
  驯化牛等动物为人类制造首批耕地用的犁提供了牵引力。
• Study on Artificial Introduction and Domestication of Calligonum mongolicum;
  本实验对食用拐枣的安全性进行了综合性研究。
• Influence of Cultural Factors on Translation and Strategies of Domestication and Foreignization;
  文化因素对翻译的影响及归化和异化应对策略研究（英文）
• In their studies, the researchers also found that farmers have tried to develop rice varieties expressing the GIF1 gene during the domestication process.
  在研究过程中，科研人员也发现了在水稻驯化过程中，农民选择培育了GIF1高表达的水稻变种。
• How is it that dogs are so adapted to humans, and what's happened during the process of domestication?
  狗是如何适应与人类亲密相处的？在驯养过程中发生了什么？
• A good indicator of an animal's suitability for domestication is how protective the animal is of its territory.
  对一个动物有多合适可以饲养的一个好的指标就是在于它对自己的“区域”有多大的占有保护性。
• On the Cultural Involvement and Domestication in the Process of Translation
  翻译过程中的文化介入与归化策略的使用
• The experimental result showed that the activated sludge could adapt to high salinity environment through a long period domestication.
  结果表明，经过长时间的驯化，活性污泥能够适应高盐度环境。
• Evolution and domestication have not stripped your cat of her inner hunter.
  进化和驯化并不能完全夺走你家爱猫打猎的本性。