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单词 tameable
释义 tameable, tamable, a.|ˈteɪməb(ə)l|
[f. tame v.1 + -able.]
Capable of being tamed.
1552Huloet, Tameable, domitalis, e.1576Fleming Caius' Dogs Preamble, In the second Order of milde and tamable beasts.1648Wilkins Math. Magick ii. Dædalus vii. (1707) 118 Great Fowl, of a strong lasting Flight, and easily tameable.Mod. Tameable if taken young.
Hence ˈtameableness, tameaˈbility (tama-), the quality of being tameable.
1821Syd. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) II. 213 The kingdom is in the hands of an oligarchy, who..are too cunning, and too well aware of the tameability of mankind to give it up.1828Webster, Tamableness.1898E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics vi. 218 The tamability of an animal is simply its capability of adapting itself to new relations in life.
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