tame
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans. 馴服的
They never became tame; they would run away if you approached them. 它們從沒有被馴服,如果你靠近,它們就跑開了。
2. ADJ If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking. 軟弱的; 乏味的[表不滿]
These ideas may seem tame today, but they were inflammatory in his time. 這些想法今天看來也許是平淡乏味的,但在他那個時代卻是很有煽動性的。
3. V-T If someone tames a wild animal or bird, they train it not to be afraid of humans and to do what they say. 馴化
The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses. 亞馬遜人被認(rèn)爲(wèi)是最早馴化了馬的人。
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tame /te?m/ (taming,tamed,tamer,tamest,tames)
劍橋詞典
tame adjective (NOT WILD)
(especially of animals ) not wild or dangerous , either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans
(尤指動物)溫順的,馴化的
After a few months ' contact the monkeys become very tame. 經(jīng)過幾個月的接觸後,那些猴子變得非常溫順了。
tame adjective (NOT EXCITING)
disapprovingnot interesting or exciting
平淡的,乏味的
It was a tame film in comparison to some that she's made. 較之她拍攝的其他一些影片,這一部顯得平淡乏味。 返回 tame