Temper
['tempə] or ['tɛmpɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; 'his temper was well known to all his employees'.
(noun.) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking.
(noun.) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; 'whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time'; 'he was in a bad humor'.
(verb.) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; 'she tempered her criticism'.
(verb.) adjust the pitch (of pianos).
(verb.) harden by reheating and cooling in oil; 'temper steel'.
录入:罗莎莉--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
(v. t.) To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
(v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
(v. t.) To govern; to manage.
(v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
(v. t.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
(n.) The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
(n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
(n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
(n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
(n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
(n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
(n.) Middle state or course; mean; medium.
(n.) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
(v. i.) To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
(v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
编辑:沃伦
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion.[2]. Soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper.[3]. Adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate.[4]. Bring to the right degree of hardness (as iron, by sudden cooling).[5]. Anneal.
n. [1]. Due mixture, just combination.[2]. Constitution, temperament, nature, organization.[3]. Disposition, humor, frame, mood, grain.[4]. Calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure.[5]. Degree of hardness.[6]. [Colloquial.] Anger, passion, irritation.
编辑:思朋斯
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Modify, accommodate, qualify, soften, assuage, soothe, adapt, restrain,[See_IMPOST]
SYN:Temperament, disposition, constitution, frame, mood, spirit, irritability,heat, humor, passion
校对:普拉特
解释:
v.t. to mix in due proportion: to modify by blending or mixture: to moderate: to soften: to bring to a proper degree of hardness and elasticity as steel: to amend or adjust as a false or imperfect concord.—n. due mixture or balance or different or contrary qualities: state of a metal as to hardness &c.: constitution of the body: constitutional frame or state of mind esp. with regard to feelings disposition temperament mood: passion irritation: calmness or moderation: in sugar-works lime or other substance used to neutralise the acidity of cane-juice.—adjs. Tem′perable capable of being tempered; Tem′pered having a certain specified disposition or temper: brought to a certain temper as steel: (mus.) tuned or adjusted to some mean or to equal temperament.—adv. Tem′peredly.—ns. Tem′perer; Tem′pering the process of giving the required degree of hardness or softness to iron or steel by heating to redness and cooling in different ways.
编辑:路易斯
娱乐性解释:
A quality, the loss of which is likely to make a knife blade dull and a woman's tongue sharp.
校对:奥利弗
例句:
- She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- If the woman's fierce temper once got beyond her control, and once flamed out on me, she might yet say the words which would put the clue in my hands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He rather liked him for it; and he was conscious of his own irritability of temper at the time, which probably made them both quits. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- My Dear: I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- This temper now entered like a virus into the firm, and there were cruel eruptions. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- And what a sweet-tempered forehead he has! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- She is pretty, and she is good tempered, and that is all. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- You must not be angry with me, my friend, he said volubly; I am like a child, and grow bad-tempered over nothing. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Miret, the short-tempered and kind-hearted bookseller, who had so kindly found me a seat that eventful night in the park. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Jane, I am not a gentle-tempered man--you forget that: I am not long- enduring; I am not cool and dispassionate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,--a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- A deficient, ill-tempered, lowering, stupid fellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Your tempers are by no means unlike. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- You do not know what it is to have tempers to manage. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Our tempers certainly did exactly suit each other; and the love must ever predominate on one side, or there will be an end of all stimulus. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- If their skill and their fires will stand it, their tempers won't. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- She and Amy had had many lively skirmishes in the course of their lives, for both had quick tempers and were apt to be violent when fairly roused. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- You forget yourself: there is a decided difference in your tempers, I allow. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- If we're all the raw stuff of the cosmic effects, one would rather be the fire that tempers a sword than the fish that dyes a purple cloak. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- In _annealing_ and _tempering_, electricity has also been employed as a means of heating (see patent to Shaw, No. 211,938, February 4, 1879). Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The plate is then taken to be Harveyized by cementation, hardening, and tempering, as seen in Figs. 260, 261, and 262. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Showing a shaft weighing about 33,000 pounds being taken from the vertical heating furnace and suspended over the oil-tank preparatory to being lowered for tempering. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Welding by Electricity, and Tempering and Annealing. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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