Domestication is the name of the process — and of the result — when a wild animal (or plant) is slowly made able to live with people, work for them, or be kept as a pet. “The domestication of the dog” is the whole story of how wolves became dogs. It is the noun that sits next to the verb domesticate: you domesticate an animal; that change is domestication.

Domestication馴化 is the name of the process — and of the result是指整個過程、以及它的結果的名字 — when a wild animal (or plant) is slowly made able to live with people, work for them, or be kept as a pet當野生動物（或植物）被慢慢改造成能跟人類一起生活、為人類工作，或是被當成寵物飼養. "The domestication of the dog"「The domestication of the dog」 is the whole story of how wolves became dogs講的就是狼如何變成狗的整個故事. It它 is the noun that sits next to the verb domesticate是動詞 domesticate 旁邊的名詞形式: you domesticate an animal你 domesticate 一種動物; that change is domestication那個改變的過程就叫做 domestication.

Historians and biologists use it a lot. It is not a kitchen-table word, but school books and documentaries use it freely.

Historians and biologists歷史學家和生物學家 use it a lot常常使用這個字. It它 is not a kitchen-table word不是餐桌上會聊的字, but但 school books and documentaries use it freely教科書和紀錄片會很自然地使用它.

Though actually, people sometimes talk as if one person could finish domestication in a season. With animals it usually takes many generations. Teaching one puppy to sit is training. Domestication is the deeper, slower change of a kind of animal, or of a crop.

Though actually不過其實, people sometimes talk as if one person could finish domestication in a season有時候大家講話的方式好像一個人一個季節就能完成馴化. With animals就動物來說 it usually takes many generations這通常要花上好幾個世代. Teaching one puppy to sit教一隻小狗坐下 is training那是訓練. Domestication而 domestication is the deeper, slower change of a kind of animal, or of a crop是一整個物種或一種作物更深層、更緩慢的改變.