tame 音标拼音: [t'em]
a . 驯服的,柔顺的,被开垦的,顺从的,乏味的,平淡的
vt . 驯养,驯服,制服
驯服的,柔顺的,被开垦的,顺从的,乏味的,平淡的驯养,驯服,制服
tame adj 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 " [
ant : {
wild }]
3 :
brought from wildness into a domesticated state ; "
tame animals "; "
fields of tame blueberries " [
synonym : {
tame }, {
tamed }]
[
ant : {
untamed }, {
wild }]
4 :
very docile ; "
tame obedience "; "
meek as a mouse "-
Langston Hughes [
synonym : {
meek }, {
tame }]
v 1 :
correct by punishment or discipline [
synonym : {
tame },
{
chasten }, {
subdue }]
2 :
make less strong or intense ;
soften ; "
Tone down that aggressive letter "; "
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements " [
synonym : {
tone down },
{
moderate }, {
tame }]
3 :
adapt (
a wild plant or unclaimed land )
to the environment ;
"
domesticate oats "; "
tame the soil " [
synonym : {
domesticate },
{
cultivate }, {
naturalize }, {
naturalise }, {
tame }]
4 :
overcome the wildness of ;
make docile and tractable ; "
He tames lions for the circus "; "
reclaim falcons " [
synonym :
{
domesticate }, {
domesticize }, {
domesticise }, {
reclaim },
{
tame }]
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 " [
synonym :
{
domesticate }, {
tame }]
Tame \
Tame \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Tamed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Taming }.] [
AS .
tamian ,
temian ,
akin to D .
tammen ,
temmen ,
G .
z [
aum ]
hmen ,
OHG .
zemmen ,
Icel .
temja ,
Goth .
gatamjan .
See {
Tame },
a .]
1 .
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state ;
to make gentle and familiar ;
to reclaim ;
to domesticate ;
as ,
to tame a wild beast .
[
1913 Webster ]
They had not been tamed into submission ,
but baited into savegeness and stubbornness . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To subdue ;
to conquer ;
to repress ;
as ,
to tame the pride or passions of youth .
[
1913 Webster ]
Tame \
Tame \,
v .
t . [
Cf .
F .
entamer to cut into ,
to broach .]
To broach or enter upon ;
to taste ,
as a liquor ;
to divide ;
to distribute ;
to deal out . [
Obs .
or Prov .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country ,
and keeps the poor from starving .
Then he tameth his stacks of corn ,
which not his covetousness ,
but providence ,
hath reserved for time of need . --
Fuller .
[
1913 Webster ]
Tame \
Tame \,
a . [
Compar . {
Tamer };
superl . {
Tamest }.] [
AS .
tam ;
akin to D .
tam ,
G .
zahm ,
OHG .
zam ,
Dan . &
Sw .
tam ,
Icel .
tamr ,
L .
domare to tame ,
Gr . ?,
Skr .
dam to be tame ,
to tame ,
and perhaps to E .
beteem . [
root ]
61 .
Cf . {
Adamant }, {
Diamond },
{
Dame }, {
Daunt }, {
Indomitable }.]
1 .
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness ;
accustomed to man ;
domesticated ;
domestic ;
as ,
a tame deer ,
a tame bird .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Crushed ;
subdued ;
depressed ;
spiritless .
[
1913 Webster ]
Tame slaves of the laborious plow . --
Roscommon .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Deficient in spirit or animation ;
spiritless ;
dull ;
flat ;
insipid ;
as ,
a tame poem ;
tame scenery .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Gentle ;
mild ;
meek .
See {
Gentle }.
[
1913 Webster ]
202 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tame ":
abate ,
abeyant ,
acclimate ,
acclimatize ,
accommodate ,
accustom ,
adapt ,
adjust ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
amenable ,
apathetic ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
bank the fire ,
bed ,
bed down ,
biddable ,
bland ,
blunt ,
boring ,
break ,
break in ,
break to harness ,
bridle ,
broken ,
brush ,
bust ,
busted ,
calm ,
case harden ,
cataleptic ,
catatonic ,
chasten ,
chastened ,
compliant ,
condition ,
confirm ,
constrain ,
control ,
cowardly ,
curb ,
curry ,
currycomb ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
dead ,
deaden ,
diminish ,
disciplined ,
docile ,
domestic ,
domesticate ,
domesticated ,
domesticize ,
domiciliate ,
dopey ,
dormant ,
dovelike ,
downplay ,
drench ,
dull ,
establish ,
extenuate ,
familiarize ,
fearless ,
feeble ,
feed ,
fix ,
flat ,
fodder ,
foul ,
gentle ,
groggy ,
groom ,
habituate ,
handle ,
harden ,
harness ,
heavy ,
hitch ,
house -
train ,
housebreak ,
housebroken ,
humble ,
humdrum ,
in abeyance ,
in suspense ,
inactive ,
ineffectual ,
inert ,
insipid ,
inure ,
judicious ,
keep within bounds ,
lamblike ,
languid ,
languorous ,
latent ,
lay ,
leaden ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lifeless ,
lighten ,
lily -
livered ,
litter ,
logy ,
manage ,
master ,
meek ,
mild ,
mild as milk ,
milk ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
mute ,
naturalize ,
nonviolent ,
obedient ,
obtund ,
ordinary ,
orient ,
orientate ,
pacific ,
pacifistic ,
pacify ,
palliate ,
passive ,
peaceable ,
peaceful ,
phlegmatic ,
play down ,
pliable ,
pliant ,
prosaic ,
prudent ,
pusillanimous ,
quiet ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
restrain ,
rub down ,
run -
of -
the -
mill ,
saddle ,
season ,
sedentary ,
slack ,
slacken ,
sleeping ,
slow down ,
sluggish ,
slumbering ,
smoldering ,
smother ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soft ,
soften ,
stagnant ,
standing ,
static ,
stifle ,
subdue ,
subdued ,
subjugate ,
submissive ,
suppress ,
suppressed ,
suspended ,
tamed ,
tedious ,
temper ,
temperate ,
tend ,
timid ,
timorous ,
tiresome ,
tone down ,
torpid ,
tractable ,
train ,
trained ,
tune down ,
unafraid ,
unaroused ,
unassertive ,
underplay ,
unexciting ,
uninspired ,
uninteresting ,
vapid ,
water ,
weaken ,
white -
livered ,
wishy -
washy ,
wont ,
yellow ,
yoke
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