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- (of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated(动物)不怕人的; 对人不危险的; 驯服的:
the fish are so tame you have to push them away from your face mask.
这些鱼一点都不怕人, 你不得不用手把它们从面罩边推走。
1.1
- not exciting, adventurous, or controversial平淡的; 枯燥的; 无争议的。
1.2
- informal (of a person) willing to cooperate〈非正式〉(人)愿意合作的。
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- US (of a plant) produced by cultivation〈美〉(植物)经栽培的。
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- (of land) cultivated(土地)经开垦的。
with obj.(常作be tamed)
1- domesticate (an animal)驯养(动物)。
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- make less powerful and easier to control使变得缓和; 使容易驾驭:
the battle to tame inflation.
控制通货膨胀的战斗。
派生词
tameable
(亦作tamable)adjectivetamely
adverbtameness
nountamer
noun驯师人。
词源
Old 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'.