docile
adjective /ˈdəʊsaɪl/
/ˈdɑːsl/
- quiet and easy to control
驯服的；易驾驭的；易控制的 - a docile child/horse/temperament
听话的孩子；温顺的马；好脾气
- The animal looked remarkably docile.
这只动物看起来非常温顺。 - It is a cheap and docile workforce.
这些工人廉价，而且听话。 - They stood in the queue, docile and long-faced.
他们站在队列中，温顺而长脸。 - They're a pretty docile type of dog.
它们是一种非常温顺的狗。
Collocations DictionaryDocile is used with these nouns:- temperament
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach’. - a docile child/horse/temperament