| 单词 | tame |
| 释义 | tame (once / 370 pages) adjv If something is tame, it cannot surprise or injure you. It’s predictable. Tame can be used as an adjective or verb. A circus lion is tame (adjective) because it’s been tamed (verb). A “lion-tamer” beat the wildness out of it. Sometimes tame isn’t fun — and not just for the bears who ride bicycles under the Big Top. Tame isn’t appealing when you’re going on a rollercoaster or seeing a fireworks display. If a friend tells you a concert is tame, will you rush out for tickets? Tame, however, is not all bad. Some people take anger management courses to learn to “tame their tempers.” Others work to “tame their tongues” after hurting another person with a careless comment. WORD FAMILYtame: tamable, tameable, tamed, tamely, tameness, tamer, tames, tamest, taming+/tamed: untamed/tamer: tamers USAGE EXAMPLESPhototherapy, which uses ultraviolet light to tame inflammation, is an option, too. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Although set in Australia with vivid wilderness descriptions, his theme that you “attempt to tame nature at your peril” is universal. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Cue Card tamed him with ease and was 15 lengths clear at the line. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj brought from wildness into a domesticated state tame animals fields of tame blueberries Syn|Ant tamed broken, broken in tamed or trained to obey cultivatedno longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use docile, gentleeasily handled or managed domestic, domesticatedconverted or adapted to domestic use tamedbrought from wildness manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) untamed, wild in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated feral, ferine, savagewild and menacing semi-wildpartially wild unbrokennot subdued or trained for service or use undomesticatednot domesticated intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold 2adj very docile tame obedience Syn meek docile willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed 3adj flat and uninspiring Syn unexciting not exciting 4adj 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 Syn|Ant quiet characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity subduedquieted and brought under control wild marked by extreme lack of restraint or control unquietcharacterized by unrest or disorder chaotic, disorderlycompletely unordered and unpredictable and confusing delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrainedmarked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion frenzied, manicaffected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason unsubduednot brought under control 5v overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable He tames lions for the circus Syn|Hypo|Hyper domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim domesticate make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans break, break in make submissive, obedient, or useful alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6v correct by punishment or discipline Syn|Hyper chasten, subdue alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 7v make less strong or intense; soften The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements Syn|Hyper moderate, tone down alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 8v adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment tame the soil Syn|Hyper cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize accommodate, adapt make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose 9v make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog Syn|Hyper domesticate domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable accommodate, adapt make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose |
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