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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   temper

   • IPA[ˈtempər]

   美式

   • n.
     a person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm；a tendency to become angry easily
   • v.
     improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it；improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by means of a process involving heat or chemicals

   • verb: temper, 3rd person present: tempers, gerund or present participle: tempering, past tense: tempered, past participle: tempered

   • noun: temper

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm he rushed out in a very bad temper 同義詞 temperament, disposition, nature, character, personality, ... 更多makeup, constitution, mind, spirit, stamp, mettle, mold, mood, frame of mind, cast of mind, habit of mind, attitude, archaichumor, grain
   • ▪ a tendency to become angry easily I know my temper gets the better of me at times 同義詞 anger, fury, rage, annoyance, vexation, ... 更多crossness, irascibility, irritation, irritability, ill humor, ill temper, dyspepsia, spleen, pique, petulance, peevishness, pettishness, testiness, tetchiness, snappishness, crabbiness, resentment, surliness, churlishness, air rage, informalstroppiness, literaryire, choler反義詞 good humor
   • ▪ an angry state of mind Drew had walked out in a temper I only said it in a fit of temper 同義詞 fit of rage, rage, fury, fit of bad/ill temper, bad temper, ... 更多tantrum, passion, paroxysm, fit of pique, bad mood, mood, pet, sulk, mard, informalgrump, huff, snit, strop, paddy, informal, datedbate, wax, skid, informalblowout, hissy fit, archaicpaddywhack, miff
   • 2. the degree of hardness and elasticity in steel or other metal the blade rapidly heats up and the metal loses its temper

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it the way a smith would temper a sword tempered steel pins
   • ▪ improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by means of a process involving heat or chemicals the display is a single sheet of glass, tempered for strength for a shiny sheen to the chocolate coating, I recommend tempering the chocolate first 同義詞 harden, strengthen, toughen, fortify, technicalanneal
   • 2. act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something) their idealism is tempered with realism 同義詞 moderate, modify, modulate, tone down, mitigate, ... 更多palliate, alleviate, allay, assuage, lessen, reduce, weaken, lighten, soften, cushion, qualify
   • 3. tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly.

   片語

   • keep one's temper
   • lose one's temper
   • out of temper