tame

tame读音音标

英 [teɪm]

美 [tem]

tame意思解释

adj.

驯服的；

平淡的；

无精打采的；

v.

驯服；

抑制；

变形

过去式：tamed

过去分词：tamed

现在分词：taming

第三人称单数：tames

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

驯服的,温顺的 not wild or fierce; easily controlled沉闷的,乏味的 dull; unexciting and uninteresting

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. (使)服从; 驯服 (cause to) train sth to be gentle and often also to obey commands

英英释义

tame

[ teim ]

v.

correct by punishment or discipline

同义词：chastensubdue

make less strong or intense; soften

\"The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements\"

同义词：tone downmoderate

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

\"tame the soil\"

同义词：domesticatecultivatenaturalizenaturalise

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

\"He tames lions for the circus\"

同义词：domesticatedomesticizedomesticisereclaim

make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

\"The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog\"

同义词：domesticate

adj.

flat and uninspiring

very restrained or quiet

\"a tame Christmas party\"; \"she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed\"

brought from wildness into a domesticated state

\"tame animals\"; \"fields of tame blueberries\"

同义词：tamed

very docile

\"tame obedience\"

同义词：meek

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词tame a monkey驯猴tame nature征服大自然

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)A boy was playing with a tame snake.一个男孩在玩一条驯服了的蛇。The animals we find in the zoo are quite tame.我们在动物园看到的动物都很驯服。It\'s incredible that the tame wolf is as mild as a lamb.令人难以置信的是驯服的狼温和如羊。She is too tame.她太柔顺了。I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame.我很爱看那本书,只是结尾颇觉乏味。用作及物动词(vt.)The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.亚洲象可以被驯养和训练。We are trying to tame a really mad horse.我们正设法驯服一匹发了疯的马。She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.她竭力压制心头怒火。用作不及物动词(vi.)That tiger is impossible to tame.那只老虎难以驯服。