驯
xùn
Meaning
- to tame
Definition
驯服；顺从；使顺从；温顺。
to tame; to domesticate; docile; tame; gradually.
Usage
常用作动词，表示通过训练使动物或人顺从；也可作形容词，表示温顺、听话。
Often used as a verb, meaning to train an animal or person to be obedient; also used as an adjective, meaning docile and tame.
Examples
- 1 这匹马很烈，需要慢慢驯。 (This horse is very wild and needs to be tamed slowly.)
- 2 他驯服了那只猛虎。 (He tamed the fierce tiger.)
- 3 这只狗很驯，不会咬人。 (This dog is very docile and won't bite.)
- 4 经过长时间驯化，野狼变成了家犬。 (After a long period of domestication, wolves became domestic dogs.)
- 5 她性格温驯，从不动怒。 (She has a gentle and tame personality, never losing her temper.)
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