英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 性情;心情,情緒

   in a bad [good] temper

   心情不好[好].

   an equal [even] temper

   平和的性情

2. 2. 氣質

3. 3. 易發怒的脾氣,暴躁,怒氣

   have a temper

   容易生氣

   show temper

   動氣,發怒.

   in a (fit of) temper

   發著脾氣,生著氣

   get into a temper

   發怒,發脾氣

4. 4. (時代等的)傾向,趨勢

5. 5. 沉著,冷靜

   recover one's temper

   平靜下來,恢復自制力.

   put sb out of temper

   惹怒某人

   get out of temper=lose one's temper

   發脾氣,動怒,生氣

6. 6. 耐性

   keep [hold, control] one's temper

   捺住性子

   get out of temper=lose one's temper

   發脾氣,動怒,生氣

7. 7. 勇氣,銳氣,氣概

   keep one's temper.

   保持勇氣.

8. 8. [古] (各種性質的)適當調合

9. 9. (鋼鐵等的)回火,淬硬

10. 10. 回火硬度

11. 11. (鋼的)回火色

12. 12. (刀劍等的)強度,韌度

13. 13. [皮革] (皮革的)身骨彈性

14. 14. (黏土等的)黏度

15. 15. (灰泥的)稠度

16. 16. 中和劑,增效劑

17. 17. (製合金、調灰泥的)調合物,混合物

18. 18. (鋼的)含碳量

19. 19. [古] 特性,性質

20. 20. [廢] 體格,體質

21. 21. 中庸



22. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
    1. (鋼等)經回火後具有適當的硬度

23. 2. 變適度

24. 3. 被調合,被柔和



25. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
    1. 調節,減輕,使緩和,使溫和

    God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

    【諺】 春天寒冷剪羊毛,上帝送暖惠羊羔(老天爺慈悲為懷).

    temper justice with mercy

    恩威並施

26. 2. (適度地)混合,調合

    temper strong drink with water

    給烈酒攙水.

27. 3. [古] 支配,抑制

28. 4. 捏和,揉和(黏土等)

29. 5. 使(鋼鐵等)回火

30. 6. 硬化(玻璃),鍛煉,使堅強

31. 7. [樂] 給(樂器)調音,調整(音階)

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. a frame of mind; mood or humour

a good temper

2. a sudden outburst of anger; tantrum

3. a tendency to exhibit uncontrolled anger; irritability

4. a mental condition of moderation and calm (esp in the phrases keep one's temper, lose one's temper, out of temper)

5. the degree of hardness, elasticity, or a similar property of a metal or metal object

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

he tempered his criticism with kindly sympathy

2. to strengthen or toughen (a metal or metal article) by heat treatment, as by heating and quenching

3. [music] to adjust the frequency differences between the notes of a scale on (a keyboard instrument) in order to allow modulation into other keys

4. to make such an adjustment to the pitches of notes in (a scale)

5. a rare word for adapt

6. an archaic word for mix

7. [Etymology] Old English temprian to mingle, (influenced by Old French temprer), from Latin temperare to mix, probably from tempus time