| 释义 |
Verb: tame teym- Correct by punishment or discipline
- chasten, subdue - Make less strong or intense; soften
"The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
- tone down, moderate - Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"tame the soil"
- domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise [Brit] - Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"
- domesticate, domesticize, domesticise [Brit], reclaim - Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
"The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
- domesticate
Adjective: tame (tamer,tamest) teym- Flat and uninspiring
- Very restrained or quiet
"a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed" - Brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
- tamed - Very docile
"tame obedience"
- meek
Derived forms: tamed, tamer, tames, tamest, taming See also: broken, broken in, cultivated, docile, domestic, domesticated, domestication, gentle, manipulable, quiet, subdued, tameable, tamed, tamely, tameness, tamer, tractable, unexciting Type of: accommodate, adapt, alter, change, modify Antonym: wild Encyclopedia: Tame Tame, Arauca Tame, Colombia |