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单词 tame
释义
Tame
vverb.changecorrect by punishment or discipline
Synset:chasten subdue
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:tamechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationmake less strong or intense; soften
Synset:moderate tone down
Examples:
  • Tone down that aggressive letter
  • The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
Derivationally Related Form:moderation
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:tone downchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeadapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Topic:floraplantplant life
Synset:cultivate domesticate naturalise naturalize
Examples:
  • domesticate oats
  • tame the soil
Derivationally Related Form:naturalisationnaturalization
Hypernyms:accommodate adapt
Inherited Hypernyms:domesticateadaptchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeovercome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
Topic:animalanimate beingbeastbrutecreaturefauna
Synset:domesticate domesticise domesticize reclaim
Examples:
  • He tames lions for the circus
  • reclaim falcons
Derivationally Related Form:tamertamabletameable
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:domesticatechange
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak in
Full Troponyms:break in
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changemake fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
Topic:animalanimate beingbeastbrutecreaturefauna
Synset:domesticate
Examples:
  • The horse was domesticated a long time ago
  • The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
Hypernyms:accommodate adapt
Inherited Hypernyms:domesticateadaptchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allflat and uninspiring
Antonyms:exciting
Derivationally Related Form:tameness
Inherited Hypernyms:tame
Similar to:unexciting
adjadj.allvery restrained or quiet
Examples:
  • a tame Christmas party
  • she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed
Antonyms:wild
Inherited Hypernyms:tame
Similar to:subdued
See also:quiet
adjadj.allbrought from wildness into a domesticated state
Attributes:domestication tameness
Synset:tamed
Examples:
  • tame animals
  • fields of tame blueberries
Antonyms:wild
Derivationally Related Form:tameness
Inherited Hypernyms:tame
Similar to:broken broken in cultivated docile gentle domestic domesticated tamed
See also:manipulable tractable
adj satadj.allvery docile
Synset:meek
Examples:
  • tame obedience
  • meek as a mouse - Langston Hughes
Antonyms:stubborn
Derivationally Related Form:meeknesstameness
Inherited Hypernyms:meek
Similar to:docile
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