tame

adjective

/teɪm/

(comparative tamer, superlative tamest)

(of animals, birds, etc.兽、鸟等) not afraid of people, and used to living with them养驯的；驯服的
- The bird became so tame that it was impossible to release it back into the wild.这只鸟变得如此温顺，以至于不可能把它放回野外。
opposite wildTopics Animalsc2
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verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
(informal) not interesting or exciting平淡无奇的；枯燥乏味的
- You'll find life here pretty tame after New York.这里的生活相当枯燥，与纽约形成对比。
- I found the violence in the film surprisingly tame.我觉得电影中的暴力镜头无聊透顶。
- Most of the jokes are relatively tame.大多数笑话相对乏味。
- After what I've just been through, hitching a ride seems pretty tame stuff!在经历了这些之后，搭便车似乎是件很乏味的事情。
- Such games must all sound rather tame to today's children.对今天的孩子们来说，这些游戏听起来一定很乏味。
- living a life that makes Wild West movies look positively tame过着一种比西部片更刺激的生活
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- look
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
(informal) (of a person人) willing to do what other people ask听使唤的；温顺的
- I have a tame doctor who'll always give me a sick note when I want a day off.我的医生对我有求必应，我想要休一天假时，他总会给我开病假条。

词源Old English tam (adjective), temmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tam and German zahm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin domare and Greek daman ‘tame, subdue’.

tame

verb

/teɪm/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they tame	/teɪm/ /teɪm/
he / she / it tames	/teɪmz/ /teɪmz/
past simple tamed	/teɪmd/ /teɪmd/
past participle tamed	/teɪmd/ /teɪmd/
-ing form taming	/ˈteɪmɪŋ/ /ˈteɪmɪŋ/

tame something to make an animal, bird, etc. not afraid of people and used to living with them驯化；驯服
- Lions can never be completely tamed.狮子永远不能被完全驯化。
tame something to make an emotion, an organization, a situation, etc., less powerful or easier to control使易于控制
- She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.她竭力压制心头怒火。
- the battle to tame inflation控制通货膨胀的战斗。

词源Old English tam (adjective), temmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tam and German zahm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin domare and Greek daman ‘tame, subdue’.