| 释义 |
tameless, a.|ˈteɪmlɪs|
[f. tame v.1 + -less.]
That has never been tamed; that cannot be tamed; untamed, untameable.
1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. ii. i. 49 The tame-lesse steed could well his wagon wield, Through downes and dales of the vneuen field. a1604Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1809) 369 The bones of him they Noble Meler call, Who was the tamelesse tamer of the Irish nation all. 1801Southey Thalaba v. vii, And Tigris bore upon his tameless stream Armenian harvests to her multitudes. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 129 A playful touch with the spurs..caused that tameless steed to jump on one side.
Hence ˈtamelessness.
1815Byron Parisina xiii, From thee—this tamelessness of heart. 1883Jefferies Story of my Heart i. 9 The age, tamelessness, and ceaseless motion of the ocean. |