音标:[ˈteiməbl] ;
a. 可驯服的
a. Tamable.

tame的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. A boy was playing with a tame snake.一个男孩在玩一条驯服了的蛇。
  2. The animals we find in the zoo are quite tame.我们在动物园看到的动物都很驯服。
  3. It's incredible that the tame wolf is as mild as a lamb.令人难以置信的是驯服的狼温和如羊。
  4. She is too tame.她太柔顺了。
  5. I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame.我很爱看那本书,只是结尾颇觉乏味。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.亚洲象可以被驯养和训练。
  2. We are trying to tame a really mad horse.我们正设法驯服一匹发了疯的马。
  3. She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.她竭力压制心头怒火。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. That tiger is impossible to tame.那只老虎难以驯服。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. A cat is a tame animal.猫是一种温顺的动物。
  2. The film has a tame ending.那电影的结局枯燥无味。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Monkeys become tame when they live with men.猴子和人生活在一起会变得驯服。
  2. The party was tame because all the people were sleepy.聚会很沉闷,因为大家昏昏欲睡。
S+be+~+that-clause
  1. He is so tame that he agrees with everybody.他很随和,总是顺从他人的意见。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. White rats tame easily.白鼠易驯。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. His job is to tame lions.他的工作是驯狮。
  2. One day man will tame nature.总有一天,人类会战胜自然。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • tame a monkey驯猴
  • tame nature征服大自然

经典引文

  • Tame Indians coming miles to market.

    出自:J. Conrad
  • He had kept a tame hare in a basket in his study.

    出自:J. Trollope
  • The fish are so tame you almost have to push them away from your facemask.

    出自:Skin Diver
  • The lake-dwellers succeeded in taming that formidable brute.

    出自:C. Lyell
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