
adj.馴服的;柔順的;乏味的
vt.馴養(yǎng);使馴服;壓制
vi.變得馴服
A boy was playing with a tame snake. 一個男孩在玩一條馴服了的蛇。
It's incredible that the tame wolf is as mild as a lamb. 令人難以置信的是馴服的狼溫和如羊。
She is too tame. 她太柔順了。
I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame. 我很愛看那本書,只是結(jié)尾頗覺乏味。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained. 亞洲象可以被馴養(yǎng)和訓練。
We are trying to tame a really mad horse. 我們正設法馴服一匹發(fā)了瘋的馬。
She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger. 她竭力壓制心頭怒火。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)That tiger is impossible to tame. 那只老虎難以馴服。
tame用于不及物動詞時主動形式含有被動意義。