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

• Article 17 The state shall encourage the domestication and breeding of wildlife.
  第十七条国家鼓励驯养繁殖野生动物。
• The first was the domestication of animals;
  第一个阶段是驯养动物；
• 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。
• 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）
• The domestication, breeding, and improvement of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.
  畜牧学动物的驯化、饲养和改良；动物饲养的技术。
• 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。
• Either foreignization or domestication can be used in the translation of Chinese dishes ′ names.
  在中国菜名的翻译中既可以采用归化的翻译策略，也可以采用异化的翻译策略。
• The benefits of Libya's relative domestication have been manifold.
  一个相对乖顺的利比亚带来的好处是多方面的。
• 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。
• In China some changes have been made on foreignization and domestication put forward by foreign scholars.
  西方学者首先提出的异化、归化概念在新时期的中国发生了变化。