tame的中文翻譯是什麼意思
tame
adj. (動物)馴服的; 乏味的; 溫順的
v. 馴服(動物); 控制，駕馭
tame的柯林斯釋義
ADJ-GRADED(動物)馴化的，馴服的
A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans.
The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
那些鹿一直沒有被馴服：你一靠近，它們就跑開。
ADJ-GRADED乏味的;沒勁的
If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking.
Some of today's political demonstrations look rather tame...
如今有些政治遊行顯得毫無激情。
The report was pretty tame stuff.
這份報告平淡無奇。
VERB馴化，馴服(野生動物或鳥)
If someone tames a wild animal or bird, they train it not to be afraid of humans and to do what they say.
The Amazons were believed to have been the first to tame horses.
據說亞馬孫人最先馴化了馬。
VERB制服;控制;駕馭
If you tame someone or something that is dangerous, uncontrolled, or likely to cause trouble, you bring them under control.
Two regiments of cavalry were called out to tame the crowds.
調集了兩個裝甲兵團去威懾、控制人群。
tame的英文釋義
Verb
1. correct by punishment or discipline
2. make less strong or intense; soften;
- Tone down that aggressive letter
- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable;
- He tames lions for the circus
- reclaim falcons
5. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;
- The horse was domesticated a long time ago
- The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
Adjective
1. flat and uninspiring
2. 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
3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state;
- tame animals
- fields of tame blueberries
4. very docile;
- tame obedience
- meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
tame的場景例句
The animals we find in the zoo are quite tame.
我們在動物園看到的動物都很馴服.
Jam 3:8 But tongue can no man tame; is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
雅各書第三章第八節惟獨舌頭沒有人能制伏, 是不止息的惡物, 滿了害死人的毒氣.
Bill is too tame to stand up for his own rights.
比爾太沒骨氣,竟不敢起來維護自己的權利.
This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
這是由於馬來西亞的馴服媒體和虛張聲勢的前總理馬哈蒂爾.
They are fearless in the midst of barbarian arrogance. They tame the untamable beings.
他們在野蠻的驕傲自大中無畏無懼.