naturalization
英 [,nætʃərəlaɪ'zeɪʃən]
美['nætʃərələ'zeʃən]
- n. 归化，移入；移植
英英释意
- 1. the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
- 2. the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
- 3. the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous
- 4. changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology;
- "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"