🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- martinique 6
- orangeries 6
- bottle-feed 71
- mosaiclike 6
- guidelines 85
- humberside 4
- headhunter 2
- colorizer 2
- headfirst 2
- pigmental 7
- each way 111
- pitch in 103
- milligram 3
- pachyderm 7
- definite 460
- midsummer 6
- hopping 12
- mandoline 4
- gothamite 4
- olfactory 3
- homebody 3
- naturism 8
- battiest 43
- emigrate 238
- peakiest 6
- cornstarch 85
- penelope 8
- membrane 5
- Gout 127
- phantasm 5
- mung 30
- hyacinth 5
- bumper 129
- head first 2
- masonic 5
- Budding 8
- hottest 2
- fabrics 35
- inhaler 4
- kohl 85
- onboard 7
- Mere 96
- hoggery 4
- respectively 378
- paring 7
- malawi 3
- confused 308
- jacks 3
- pique 8
- horror 427
- ritual 246
- cathodic 47
- oromo 8
- dig yourself into a hole 55
- paddy 8
- malcontent 5
- Knowledgeable 211
- joist 5
- hearty 94
- colonelcy 43
- neet 5
- cowhand 169
- coerce 169
- icu 9
- ive 4
- p45 9
- far 259
- iv 3
- borne 40
- nookie 7
- assailable 29
- nationalize 7
- lane 373
- director general 58
- apparel 88
- chemist 342
- homophobe 3
- inconsolable 3
- imax 6
- humorous 497
- soil 660
- Indiana 6
- omitting 6
- multiplexing 7
- napalm 6
- daily 362
- ganglionic 2
- lees 4
- framer 59
- kites 39
- obit 4
- friesian 73
- inattentive 4
- inconsiderate 5
- housemate 5
- murmur 191
- secure 506
- augmented 64
- one-on-one 124
- go the extra mile 107
- kicker 6
- illness 441
- cosies 43
- octane 7
- Benefit 280
- partook 8
- fair game 103
- league 220
- Every once in a while 24
- adjectival 108
- flash 893
- buskers 28
- deadly 320
- hypochondriac 5
- outnumber 227
- majority 468
- port 463
- escallop 121
- Finance 263
- amaze 411
- Mechanism 333
- episodes 53
- Resilient 27
- oxford 93
- load 693
- Adopt 257
- vandalism 164
- colic 86
- cambric 62
- Periods 37
- paint 436
- CARBINE 58
- cretinize 41
- constantly 112
- colorize 45
- Divert 124
- farmyard 67
- surgically 83
- cripple 343
- leisure 377
- it is no secret that 25
- inland 12
- Music 133
- Discipline 371
- curate 92
- blast 674
- bad-mouth 105
- First World 45
- Founder 171
- grey-matter 45
- craftsmen 39
- Attired 55
- reap 363
- dumb 449
- breathalyser 129
- crook 85
- Refine 92
- imagine 428
- demonstrator 219
- lamb 367
- Plea 242
- waive 104
- wrong 275
- abound 172
- ally 228
- triple 193
- Credentials 44
- perpetuity 7
- ratchet 185
- conscription 67
- monologuist 5
- knocking 24
- need 1698
- gasman 62
- cockcrow 72
- appointment 507
- reverberate 196
- uncharted 120
- carry out 401
- grifter 165
- commode 100
- gummiest 46
- exposé 305
- iota 6
- mayonnaise 6
- Obscure 319
- on board 24
- infidelities 3
- cow 418
- overvalue 10
- finalize 316
- foggiest 52
- interest 927
- cutesy 90
- Ally 100
- faith-healer 23
- forecast 427
- giddy 120
- obvious 434
- unwieldy 217
- thursday 126
- premise 239
- collywobbles 1
- hindquarters 5
- Youth 466
- disintermediation 59
- handle 507
- blustery 104
- banknote 72
- Exhale 85
- quotation 492
- reach out to sb 48
- accuse 443
- pejorative 108
- outfit 224
- evict 288
- Reciprocal 59
- accountancy 112
- it (only) remains for me to do something 110
- federation 294
- submission 203
- grace 555
- enhance 371
- nonvolatile 9
- Words used to describe people who are quick to argue 28
- licence 436
- THEN 65
- degradation 182
- gnatty 33
- Astronaut 85
- task 429
- payslip 9
- Critical thinking 46
- friday 81
- Walk 155
- pip 125
- At the present time 38
- animatronics 95
- auld lang syne 38
- rob 403
- day-school 62
- prodigal 169
- gall 84
- capital gains 75
- Recruit 172
- treasure 506
- Romance 141
- restore 389
- copse 55
- Guideline 350
- Encouragement 139
- dreamily 102
- esthetic 52
- delirium 92
- problem 541
- Ruckus 61
- disengage 107
- dank 182
- bull 301
- expert 415
- Geology-topic 34
- Synonym 431
- crave 211
- workman 405
- baklava 14
- joint 430
- product 1167
- Subdue 105
- frightened 265
- terrible 662
- pointer 226
- quiz 426
- convex 82
- suburb 359
- guide 484
- large 226
- broadsheet 104
- latching 5
- Tryout 81
- stray 175
- wholesaler 254
- frame 458
- forgettable 92
- thick 395
- initialled 6
- green 153
- Canada 29
- overtaken 7
- invalid 231
- base 423
- exhilarate 166
- gobsmacked 51
- affix 117
- Culprit 201
- clubber 41
- peel 327
- a-la-carte 65
- Hostel 332
- carrel 91
- helper 340
- hump 161
- under negotiation 88
- current account 92
- phonograph 9
- visualise 61
- condense 475
- insertion 12
- boots 40
- disproportionate 267
- dropper 69
- restful 122
- approved-school 89
- faint 381
- inclose 5
- entity 248
- sand 891
- Commencement 134
- draw 247
- bermudian 48
- dog 126
- southward 29
- cruller 39
- Yield 155
- Intention 30
- let off steam 36
- foxier 32
- task force 98
- hunter 105
- cornucopia 68
- nuisance 450
- Dismay 124
- ago 34
- Apparatus 61
- before 94
- track 479
- dog days 84
- reflection 658
- binge 166
- quarrels 27
- friction 404
- garter belt 88
- content 349
- colliery 171
- stir sth up 42
- rival 362
- leak 596
- actors 53
- politician 439
- micrometre 8
- kickoff 72
- Remarkable 112
- Advancing 221
- knight 54
- dependency 107
- Corporation 257
- Adulthood 156
- Depict 183
- whispering 22
- budget 442
- OCCUPY 180
- put something ↔ by 341
- majorly 6
- haemorrhage 137
- manufacturer 487
- conifer 86
- beverage 191
- tattoo 30
- glad 199
- fresh air 43
- Rubbish 99
- mitigation 62
- redeploy 128
- owl 313
- orchid 100
- ethical 259
- conj 4
- gram 168
- Dessert 151
- deter 230
- idyllic 70
- worm 355
- knickers 193
- viral 144
- fête 387
- descale 66
- passenger 480
- glimpse 398
- burton 54
- clerk 551
- self-confidence 169
- ba 53
- cannot 98
- Might 140
- ant 346
- Uniform 99
- intervention 278
- ratty 114
- gallery 362
- quest 64
- endless 360
- buddha 110
- roast 369
- stain 436
- comprehensive 425
- Pack 361
- astronomical 220
- mate 376
- always 129
- Interference 30
- madcap 94
- apology 359
- summon 281
- dork 60
- congenitally 100
- fashion-conscious 39
- democrat 127
- round trip 77
- and so on/forth 29
- Bounty 61
- drum sth into sb 43
- Ingenuity 150
- impede 164
- pilot 391
- other 131
- cost 268
- obey 388
- profligate 74
- footstep 399
- Recommendation 20
- drug 604
- badger 77
- yardstick 250
- Unwanted 81
- Separate 234
- still 209
- overoptimistic 7
- True 164
- terrified 84
- phial 8
- get down 170
- retriever 130
- choke something ↔ back 295
- well endowed 60
- While 326
- photosensitivity 8
- shipshape 112
- furniture 685
- ménage 6
- headquarters 756
- Bases 14
- economics 362
- fringe-benefit 65
- ideally 157
- depend on/upon somebody/something 35
- in spite of sth 20
- Pagoda 42
- bingo 85
- prophylactic 21
- Inspiration 204
- reminder 156
- amber 150
- respect 432
- coal miner 42
- bluntly 173
- scatter something to the (four) winds 6
- cheek 357
- Ghetto 75
- diagram 477
- telebanking 43
- connect something ↔ up 345
- certainly 125
- flagged 64
- adversities 28
- snap 455
- polyglot 47
- Employment 253
- put down 106
- cottager 7
- shoplift 202
- aerosol 89
- cave 327
- terra cotta 20
- hat 146
- shearer 12
- nerve 572
- ration 148
- worsen 209
- harlem 9
- fudge 81
- shambles 70
- multiple 331
- Knife 119
- abstruse 95
- cobweb 82
- latter 361
- headlines 8
- breeding ground 88
- noticeable 458
- forecasts 80
- Medalist 14
tame
Word family
tame1 /teɪm/ adjectiveadj
1 HBAa tame animal or bird is not wild any longer, because it has been trained to live with people 〔动物〕驯化的，由人驯养的 OPP wild
3 [only before noun] British EnglishBrE used to describe a person who is willing to do what other people ask, even if it is slightly dishonest 听使唤的；温顺的
—tamely adverbadv
—tameness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
tame• By these standards, the monks' self-denial seems tame.• It had all been very tame.• Seen in comparison with the preceding axial age, the Hellenistic age is tame and conservative.• These little fishes become quite tame and will respond at feeding time by rushing to their food like a litter of puppies.• Gardens contrived to divert the power of botanical growth into the tame artifacts of domesticated crops.• The jokes, when they do come, are rather tame but still funny.• The '70s series now seem tame by today's standards.• Not your weasel-faced tame magic, but root-and-branch magic, the old magic.• In the centre would be several lines of trestle tables carrying cages for chicken, ducks and geese with a few tame rabbits.
Examples from the Corpus
tame• Don Bradman, the catalyst of the affair, was only temporarily tamed, as his Test batting average of 56.57 testified.• Unlike her former co-star, Antonio Banderas, Abril has not been tamed by Hollywood.• He had fought a maddening, 24-hour battle against a river that California agriculture had tamed for more than a half century.• Statistics show that rent control laws haven't tamed inflation.• Where it should have tried harder, however, is with taming mechanical noise levels.• Is there a product to tame my hair?• These actions threw the economy into a recession, but also tamed the inflationary monster.• Children and, later, teenagers have to learn to put a brake on their impulses, to tame their desires.
Old English tam
tame1 adjectiveadjtame2 verb
Chinese
Corpus
See also: ldoce4173jpg
adjective¹
adjective²
tame adj.
⇨ predictable 2
tame
Words used to describe animals: amphibious, androgynous, anthropoid...
Not interesting or exciting: boring, dull, tedious...
Afraid and frightened: afraid, frightened, scared...
Obedient and cooperative: obedient, cooperative, law-abiding...
To make something better: improve, enhance, remedy...
To limit or control something or someone: draw a line in the sand, limit, control...
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文