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单词 docile
释义
dociledo‧cile /ˈdəʊsaɪl $ ˈdɑːsəl/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdocile
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin docilis, from docere ‘to teach’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Kangaroos are not as docile as they look.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Also, Dierdre is a docile baby.
  • As workers we were considered ideal: well educated, very docile, and cheap.
  • Has it made him more docile and thus easier to control, or has it destabilised him?
  • However, it did not make him a docile infant.
  • I talk to them while the muzzle is tied in place and they then remain very docile.
  • Then castrate him to render him docile.
  • Where this wins over the dancefloor bandwagon jumpers is in its up front and in your face approach rather than being docile.
quiet and easily controlled:  Labradors are gentle, docile dogs.docilely adverbdocility /dəʊˈsɪləti $ dɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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