tame
adjective/teɪm/
/teɪm/
(comparative tamer, superlative tamest)
- (of animals, birds, etc.) not afraid of people, and used to living with them
驯养的；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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- The bird became so tame that it was impossible to release it back into the wild.
- (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。
Extra Examples- 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!
在我刚刚经历过的事情之后，搭便车似乎是一件很平常的事情！ - Such games must all sound rather tame to today's children.
对于今天的孩子来说，这样的游戏一定听起来相当温和。 - 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
- be
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- You'll find life here pretty tame after New York.
- (informal) (of a person) 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。
- I have a tame doctor who'll always give me a sick note when I want a day off.
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’.