quiet and easy to control 驯服的;易驾驭的;易控制的 a docile child/horse/temperament 听话的孩子;温顺的马;好脾气
Extra ExamplesThe animal looked remarkably docile. 这只动物看起来非常温顺。 It is a cheap and docile workforce. 这些工人廉价,而且听话。 They stood in the queue, docile and long-faced. 他们站在队列中,温顺而长脸。 They're a pretty docile type of dog. 它们是一种非常温顺的狗。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDocile is used with these nouns:- temperament
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach’.