domable

形容词 adj.
/ˈdəʊməbl̩/    /ˈdoʊməbl̩/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being tamed; tameable, domesticable. obsolete,rare
    — And this may alſo bee the reaſon, why God preſenting all other creatures to the preſence of man, he did not likewiſe bring him the fiſhes as well as the beaſts of all ſpecies and kindes, because the beaſts being domable, and eaſie to be tamed by man (at leaſtway whiles man was ſubject to God) might serue for the vſe of man, while man was not diſobedient to God: […]

词形变化

more domable comparative most domable superlative

词源

From Late Latin domābilis (“tameable”), from domāre (“to tame”), present infinitive of domō (“to break in, to tame”), from Proto-Italic *domaō (“to tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, to tame”); compare Old French domable.
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