handtame英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled

— Even children can handtame wild birds, if they follow Al Martin's simple directions.

形容词 adj.

Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; (by extension) mild; meek; humble; docile

— I badly wanted a little more time to work on training them, but simply couldn't find it — so while they grew up friendly and confident, you couldn't exactly called them handtame.

词形变化

more handtame comparative most handtame superlative hand-tame alternative handtames present,singular,third-person handtaming participle,present handtamed participle,past handtamed past hand-tame alternative

词源

词源 1

From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”).

词源 2

From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”).