temper /ˈtempər/

noun

1

[C, usually sing., U] 脾气；易怒的性情

if sb has a temper , they become angry very easily

a violent/short/quick, etc. temper

烈性子、急性子、火性子等

He must learn to control his temper .

他得学会捺住性子。

2

[C, usually sing.] 怒气；火气；阵怒

a short period of feeling very angry

to fly into a temper

勃然大怒

She says awful things when she's in a temper .

她一发脾气说话就难听。

3

[C] 心情；情绪；心境

the way that you are feeling at a particular time

同义词： mood

Come back when you're in a better temper.

心情好些时再回来。

to be in a bad, foul, etc. temper

心情不好、很坏等

4

-tempered

(in adjectives 构成形容词) 有…脾气的；心情…的

having a particular type of temper

good-/bad-tempered

脾气好 / 坏

a sweet-tempered child

性情温和的小孩

verb

[VN]

1

~ sth (with sth)

(formal) 使缓和；使温和

to make sth less severe by adding sth that has the opposite effect

Justice must be tempered with mercy.

法外尚需施恩。

2

(technical 术语) 使（金属）回火

to make metal as hard as it needs to be by heating and then cooling it

tempered glass

钢化玻璃

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