Word forms: comparative tamer, superlative tamest, 3rd person singular present tense tames, present participle taming, past tense, past participle tamed
1ADJ-GRADED (动物)驯化的,驯服的 A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans. (动物)驯化的,驯服的
The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
那些鹿一直没有被驯服:你一靠近,它们就跑开。
2ADJ-GRADED 乏味的;没劲的 If you say that something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting, rather than forceful or shocking. 乏味的;没劲的 [disapproval]
Some of today's political demonstrations look rather tame.
2boring無趣VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be, look, seem, sound顯得無聊;無趣;看上去乏味;好像單調;聽起來枯燥◇The recent violence makes previous uprisings look tame by comparison.相形之下,最近的暴力事件使以前的暴動顯得平淡無奇。➤become變得乏味▸➤find sth發覺⋯乏味◇I found office work very tame after army life.退伍之後我發覺坐辦公室十分乏味。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/相當/非常乏味◇To us it was all pretty tame stuff.這在我們看來非常乏味。➤relatively相對乏味◇Most of the jokes are relatively tame.大多數笑話相對乏味。➤surprisingly出奇地乏味◇I found the violence in the film surprisingly tame.我覺得電影中的暴力鏡頭無聊透頂。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些乏味