tame /teim/ I. adj. 1.驯服的，温顺的：The deer in the park are very tame. 公园里的鹿非常驯服。 ［考句］Tame elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers. 驯服的大象跟野象在很多方面是不同的，包括它们的秉性。2.平淡的，乏味的：a tame book 乏味的书 The game yesterday was tame, no one enjoyed it. 昨天的比赛很乏味，谁也不欣赏。 ‖II. vt. 驯服，制服：tame a trouble-making river 治好一条为害的河流 ［考句］It took him several months to tame the wild horse. 他花了几个月才驯服这匹野马。