資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. {Tamer}; superl. {Tamest}.] [AS. tam;
   akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
   tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
   and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. {Adamant}, {Diamond},
   {Dame}, {Daunt}, {Indomitable}.]
   1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
      accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
      deer, a tame bird.

   2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

            Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.

   3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
      insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

   Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See {Gentle}.