tame + noun
tame 作定语时表示“驯服的”或“乏味的”。
He keeps a tame rabbit.
他养了一只驯服的兔子。
驯养的;受人类控制的
tamest — superlative of tame
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
驯养的;受人类控制的
Under human control.
He keeps a tame rabbit.
他养了一只驯服的兔子。
受人类控制
Under human control.
对人类温顺或安静
Docile or tranquil towards humans.
指人,行为良好;不激进或极端
Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme.
不刺激的
Not exciting.
The zoo's tame parrot sits on visitors' shoulders.
动物园里驯养的鹦鹉会停在游客肩上。
After weeks of training, the rescue dog became quite tame.
经过数周训练,这只搜救犬变得十分温顺。
The movie was too tame for the action-loving audience.
这部电影对于喜欢动作片的观众来说太乏味了。
tame 作定语时表示“驯服的”或“乏味的”。
He keeps a tame rabbit.
他养了一只驯服的兔子。
tame 作表语常描述人或事物温顺或乏味。
The story was tame.
这个故事很平淡。
比较级 tamer 用于对比。
This dog is tamer than that one.
这只狗比那只更温顺。
Not this
The cat is very tamed.
Use this
The cat is very tame.
在系动词(如 is)之后应使用形容词 tame 表示状态,而非过去分词 tamed。Tamed 强调被驯服的动作结果,而 tame 描述天性温顺。
Not this
He is a tamed person.
Use this
He is a tame person.
用作定语修饰名词时,应使用形容词 tame 而非过去分词 tamed。Tamed 暗示被他人驯服,tame 则描述性格温顺或乏味。汉语中“驯服的人”可对应两者,但英语需区分。
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温顺的动物;不怕人的动物
The children were allowed to pet the tame animals at the farm.
孩子们可以抚摸农场里那些温顺的动物。
温顺得像只小猫;非常温顺
Despite his size, the dog is as tame as a kitten.
尽管这条狗个头很大,它却温顺得像只小猫。
平淡无奇的结局
Many viewers found the movie's tame ending disappointing.
许多观众觉得这部电影平淡无奇的结局令人失望。
平淡无奇的比赛(或事件)
Saturday's derby was a tame affair with no goals or red cards.
周六的德比战平淡无奇,一球未进,也没有红牌。
乏力的表现;平淡的表演
The home team produced a tame performance and lost the match.
主队表现乏力,输掉了比赛。
他可不是一头驯服的狮子,你知道的。
In C.S. Lewis's novel 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', Mrs. Beaver says this to describe Aslan, the great lion and true king of Narnia. The line emphasizes that Aslan is wild and dangerous, not a safely controllable creature.
在C.S.刘易斯的小说《狮子、女巫和魔衣橱》中,海狸太太用这句话来形容阿斯兰——纳尼亚真正的狮子王。这句话强调阿斯兰野性而危险,绝不是一头能轻易控制的动物。
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联想:ta(他)+me(我),他把我驯得服服帖帖,变得温顺(tame)。
语域:neutral 常见场景:animal training、pet care、describing temperament 在表示“驯服、温顺”这一核心义项时,tame 通常为中性词,多用于描述动物已被驯养或人的温和性格;在口语和书面语中都自然,但指人时可能带“过于顺从”的轻微贬义。
All six words rhyme with tame (/teɪm/), sharing the spelling pattern -ame. Beware of lookalikes ending in -ome, such as tome (/toʊm/) and come (/kʌm/), which sound different.
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