untamed

IPA/ˌʌnˈteɪmd/
IPA/ˌʌnˈteɪmd/

untamed — 形容詞

  • untamedpositive
  • more untamedcomparative
  • most untamedsuperlative

1. describes an animal, place, or force that keeps a raw natural character because

1.形容詞C1
釋義

野性的；未馴

未被人類馴化，仍保持野性

describes an animal, place, or force that keeps a raw natural character because people have not trained it, limited it, or made it orderly.

例句

The untamed horses ran across the island without fences or riders.

那些未馴的馬在島上奔跑，沒有圍欄也沒有騎手。

untamed + animal still living without human control

From the bridge, we watched the untamed river crash through the rocks.

我們從橋上看著那條野性的河流在岩石間奔湧。

collocation: untamed river

常見搭配
  • untamed horse
  • untamed river
  • untamed land
  • untamed curls
  • untamed energy
  • remain untamed
同義詞
  • wild

    the broadest everyday word; it can also suggest excitement or disorder, not only a natural state

  • feral

    used especially for animals that now live wild after contact with people

  • unruly

    better for hair, behaviour, or children; less tied to nature

反義詞
  • tame

    the direct opposite; no longer wild or difficult to control

  • domesticated

    more formal; stresses being adapted to live with humans

  • controlled

    broader and more general; often used for behaviour, force, or emotion

文法句型

untamed + noun

be + untamed

用法筆記

Often used for animals and landscapes that have not been shaped by people. When used about hair, feelings, or energy, it suggests the same wild, hard-to-manage quality rather than literal wilderness.

常見錯誤

The horse became untamed after months with the trainer.
The horse became tame after months with the trainer.
'untamed' means still wild or uncontrolled, not successfully trained.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • untamed horses
  • untamed river
  • untamed valley
  • untamed curls

副詞搭配

  • still untamed
  • largely untamed
  • completely untamed

常用片語

  • remain untamed
  • look untamed
  • leave the land untamed

介系詞搭配

  • untamed by humans
  • untamed for centuries