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temper
- IPA[ˈtɛmpə]
英式
- a person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm;a tendency to become angry easily
- 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
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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
- ▪ a tendency to become angry easily I know my temper gets the better of me at times 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ an angry state of mind Drew had walked out in a temper I only said it in a fit of temper 同義詞
- 2. the degree of hardness and elasticity in steel or other metal the blade rapidly heats up and the metal loses its temper
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
- 2. act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something) their idealism is tempered with realism 同義詞
- 3. tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly.
- having a specified temper or disposition: ill-tempered
Oxford Dictionary
- having a specified temper or disposition: ill-tempered
Oxford American Dictionary
- having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition: ‘You'll find her not so well-tempered as she might seem!’
Oxford Dictionary
- easily annoyed or made angry: in a heat wave, many people become increasingly bad-tempered
Oxford American Dictionary
- easily annoyed or made angry: seldom has there been a more naughty and bad-tempered child
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a person or animal) having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition.
Oxford American Dictionary
- easily angered; having a bad temper: I am appalling in the morning, really foul-tempered and grouchy a foul-tempered, evil megalomaniac
Oxford Dictionary
- easily made angry: they tend to be impulsive and quick-tempered she was a quick-tempered woman
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- IPA[ˈtempər]
美式
- a person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm: he rushed out in a very bad temper
- 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
Oxford American Dictionary