naturalize

英 [ˈnætʃrəlaɪz]

美 [ˈnætʃrəlaɪz]

v.  使加入…国籍; 使成为某国公民; 归化; 引进(动植物); 移植; 适应异域生长环境

第三人称单数：naturalizes　现在分词：naturalizing　过去分词：naturalized　过去式：naturalized　

BNC.41934 / COCA.24356

牛津词典

verb

• 使加入…国籍；使成为某国公民；归化
  to make sb who was not born in a particular country a citizen of that country
• 引进（动植物）；移植
  to introduce a plant or an animal to a country where it is not native
• 适应异域生长环境
  to start growing or living naturally in a country where it is not native

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 naturalise


• V-ERG 移植(植物);(使)(植物)适应异地生长环境
  Tonaturalizea species of plant means to start it growing in an area where it is not usually found. If a plantnaturalizesin an area where it was not found before, it starts to grow there naturally.
  1. A friend sent me a root from Mexico, and I hope to naturalize it...
     一个朋友从墨西哥给我寄来一个根茎，我希望能在这儿把它种活。
  2. The plant naturalises well in grass.
     这种植物适应了这个环境，在草中生长得很好。
• See also:No one expects the Baltic states to naturalise young Russian soldiers, but army pensioners can be given citizenship.naturalized

英英释义

verb

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
  1. domesticate oats
  2. tame the soil
  Synonym:domesticatecultivatenaturalisetame
• make into a citizen
  1. The French family was naturalized last year
  Synonym:naturalise
• make more natural or lifelike
  Synonym:naturalise
• adopt to another place
  1. The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
  Synonym:naturalise
• explain with reference to nature

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