| 释义 |
taming, vbl. n.|ˈteɪmɪŋ|
[f. tame v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of tame v.1 Also attrib. ˈtaming-stick, a kind of yoke for newly captured slaves.
c1440Promp. Parv. 486/2 Tamynge fro wyyldenesse, domesticacio. a1533Frith Disput. Purgat. (1829) 137 What thou shalt do to the profit of thy neighbour, and taming of thy flesh. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. ii. 54 Faith he is gone vnto the taming schoole..and Petruchio is the master. 1866Livingstone Last Jrnls. (1873) I. iv. 107 Nearly all were in the taming-stick. |
