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tame

adjective
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(comparative tamer, superlative tamest)
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  1. (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.这只鸟变得如此驯服，以至于不可能将它放回野外。
    opposite wildTopics Animalsc2
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  2. (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。🔊🔊
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    • 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!经过我刚刚经历的事情，搭便车似乎很驯服！
    • Such games must all sound rather tame to today's children.这样的游戏一定对今天的孩子们听起来相当驯服。
    • 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
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    • look
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    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  3. (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。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginOld 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
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tame
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he / she / it tames
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past simple tamed
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past participle tamed
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-ing form taming
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  1. tame something to make an animal, bird, etc. not afraid of people and used to living with them养驯的；驯服的
    • Lions can never be completely tamed.狮子永远不能被完全驯化。🔊🔊
  2. tame something to make an emotion, an organization, a situation, etc., less powerful or easier to control驯化；驯服；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。
    3. Word OriginOld 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’.