英 [teɪm] 美 [teɪm] adj.驯服的；柔顺的；乏味的 vt.驯养；使驯服；压制 vi.变得驯服
tame
- adj. 驯服的，不怕人的；平淡无奇的，枯燥乏味的；听使唤的，温顺的；<美> （植物）经栽培的；（土地）经开垦的
- v. 驯化，驯服；制服，控制；开垦，开辟；使变得平淡
- 【名】 （Tame）（捷）塔梅（人名）
[ 第三人称单数 tames 现在分词 taming 过去式 tamed 过去分词 tamed 比较级 tamer或more tame 最高级 tamest或most tame ]
专业释义英英释义
tame [ teim ]
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v.
- correct by punishment or discipline
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make less strong or intense; soften
"The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
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adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"tame the soil"
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overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"
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make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
"The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
同义词： domesticate
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adj.
- flat and uninspiring
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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"
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brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
同义词： tamed
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very docile
"tame obedience"
同义词： meek
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
tame /teɪm/ CET4 TEM4 ( taming, tamed, tamer, tamest, tames )
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ADJ A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans. 驯服的
例：They never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
它们从没有被驯服，如果你靠近，它们就跑开了。
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ADJ If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking. 软弱的; 乏味的 [表不满]
例：These ideas may seem tame today, but they were inflammatory in his time.
这些想法今天看来也许是平淡乏味的，但在他那个时代却是很有煽动性的。
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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. 驯化
例：The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses.
亚马逊人被认为是最早驯化了马的人。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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They never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
它们从没有被驯服，如果你靠近，它们就跑开了。
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These ideas may seem tame today, but they were inflammatory in his time.
这些想法今天看来也许是平淡乏味的，但在他那个时代却是很有煽动性的。
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驯服你的胃。
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"It's always thrilling to see the flowers that you were brought up with and that you have seen all tame and domesticated in European gardens and here they are en masse and more as you knew them."
VOA: standard.2010.08.09
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So a woman is sent to Enkidu and her job is to provide the sexual initiation that will tame and civilize Enkidu.
所以一个女人被送到Enkidu面前,用性让他变得驯服，更加文明。
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It is most of all pride that Hobbes wants to tame and of course the very title of his book, Leviathan, ? he tell us later on comes from what?
霍布斯想要控制几乎所有的傲骄,和这本书的题目《利维坦》,他后来给我们说的出自哪里？
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