| 释义 |
reˈtemper, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To temper again.
1598Florio, Rattemperare, to retemper, to temper. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 31 Some keep them for a short time red hot.., then retemper them before they use them in this way. 1885R. W. Church Discipline Chr. Char. iv. 109 Do we not need..to retemper our slack souls, to refresh our hopes?
Hence reˈtempered ppl. a.
1880A. C. Swinburne Studies Song 38 Keen-edged as ice-retempered brand. 1883Myers Mod. Ess. i. 49 Storm-beaten and bleeding indeed, but with re-tempered soul. |