Tame



GRE TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 驯服的;沉闷的
• ［英］ adj. 驯服的 ( not fierce or wild) ; 沉闷的 ( unexciting and uninteresting)
• ［类］ 反义词: racy ( 生动的)
• ［例］ I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective (tamer; tamest)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tam; akin to Old High German zam tame, Latin domare to tame, Greek damnanai
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans ; domesticated <tame animals>
• 2. made docile and submissive ; subdued
• 3. lacking spirit, zest, interest, or the capacity to excite ; insipid <a tame campaign>
• ? tamely adverb
• ? tameness noun

II. verb (tamed; taming)

• Date: 13th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to reduce from a wild to a domestic state
    • b. to subject to cultivation
    • c. to bring under control ; harness
  • 2. to deprive of spirit ; humble, subdue <the once revolutionary…party, long since tamed — Times Literary Supplement>
  • 3. to tone down ; soften <tamed the language in the play>
• intransitive verb
  • to become tame
• ? tamable or tameable adjective
• ? tamer noun

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