| 釋義 |
tame /term; tem/ adj (-r, -st) 1 (of animals) brought under control and/or accustomed to living with human beings; not wild or fierce: (指動物) 馴服的; 養(yǎng)乖了的; 不野的： a ~ monkey. 馴服的猴手。 The deer in the park are very ~. 公畫里的窿非常馴服。 2 (of a person) spiritless; submissive; docile: (指人) 無精打采的; 順從的; 溫順的： Her husband is a little man. 她的丈夫是一位個子矮小的好好先生。 3 dull: 沉悶的; 乏味的： a - baseball match. 不精采的棒球賽。 The story/film, etc has a ~ ending. 這故事 (電影等) 結(jié)尾很沉悶。 vt [VP6A] make 使馴服; 使順從： ~ a lion. 馴獅。 tamer n (usu in compounds) person who ~s: (通常用于復(fù)合字中) 馴養(yǎng)者; 馴歌師： a '!ion- ~ r. 馴獅者。 tamable /-sbl; -abl/ adj that can be ~d, converted from a savage state.. 可馴服的; 可改變其野性的。 ~ly adv ~ness n |