单词 | tame |
释义 | Word Frequency tame(teɪm) adjective 1. changed by humans from a naturally wild state into a tractable, domesticated, or cultivated condition 2. (of animals) not fearful of human contact 3. lacking in spirit or initiative; meek or submissive a tame personality 4. flat, insipid, or uninspiring a tame ending to a book 5. slow-moving a tame current verb (transitive) 6. to make tame; domesticate 7. to break the spirit of, subdue, or curb 8. to tone down, soften, or mitigate Derived forms tamable (ˈtamable) or tameable (ˈtameable) adjective tamability (ˌtamaˈbility) or tameability (ˌtameaˈbility) or tamableness (ˈtamableness) or tameableness (ˈtameableness) noun tameless (ˈtameless) adjective tamely (ˈtamely) adverb tameness (ˈtameness) noun tamer (ˈtamer) noun Word origin Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam |
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