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单词 tame
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tame

/teɪm/
1
(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。
2
US (of a plant) produced by cultivation
〈美〉(植物)经栽培的。
2.1
(of land) cultivated
(土地)经开垦的。
with obj.(常作be tamed)
1
domesticate (an animal)
驯养(动物)。
1.1
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tamableadjective

tamely

adverb

tameness

noun

tamer

noun

in combination a lion-tamer

驯师人。

词源
Old English tamadjective), temmianverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tam and German zahm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin domare and Greek daman 'tame, subdue'.
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