英语词汇“tame”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adjective | verb

tametame1 /teɪm/ adjective

ETYMOLOGYtame¹

Origin: Old English tam

1an animal that is tame is not wild anymore, because it has been trained to live with people SYN domesticated OPP wild2boring or unexciting SYN dull: a pretty tame rollercoaster—tamely adverb—tameness noun [uncountable]

adjective | verb

tametame2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

tame

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	tame
	he, she, it	tames
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tamed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tamed
	he, she, it	has tamed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tamed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will tame
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tamed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am taming
	he, she, it	is taming
	you, we, they	are taming
Past	I, he, she, it	was taming
	you, we, they	were taming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been taming
	he, she, it	has been taming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been taming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be taming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been taming

1to train a wild animal to obey you and not to attack people → domesticate2to reduce the power or strength of something and prevent it from causing trouble: attempts to tame inflation