low-temperatureadj.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈtɛmprᵻtʃə/, U.S.

/ˌloʊˈtɛmpə(rə)tʃər/,

/ˌloʊˈtɛmp(ə)rəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., temperature n.

Etymology: < low adj. + temperature n.

1. Having a low temperature; performed at or characteristic of a low temperature.

ΚΠ

1830 T. Thomson Outl. Sci. Heat & Electr. 248 This low temperature vapour is devoid of elasticity.

1886 Science 11 June 528/2 The five series of lines in the low-temperature spectrum of carbo-hydrogen.

1909 Installation News 3 133/2 The low-temperature system of healing by means of convectors.

1935 Economist 29 June 1479/1 The main product of low-temperature carbonisation is a smokeless solid fuel.

2010 Independent 9 July (Viewspaper section) 7/1 The practice of Cryonics (the low-temperature preservation of humans..) may only be pursued by the wealthy.

2. figurative. Free from strong or excessive emotion; not heated or impassioned; restrained.

ΚΠ

1956 D. J. Lloyd & H. R. Warfel Amer. Eng. in its Cultural Setting xxi. 357 People who have to handle other people's writing feel a permanent low-temperature antagonism to bad spelling.

1957 R. Hoggart Auden iii. 32 He seems to be aiming not at a widely-acceptable demotic speech but at a low-temperature verse of intelligent observation and comment.

1983 Listener 14 Apr. 27/1 He was a wily, low-temperature prophet, of little imagination and worm's eye philosophy.

2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 26/3 [An] equally low-temperature thriller about the turning of an IRA killer into an informant or ‘tout’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low-temperature
释义	low-temperatureadj. Brit. /ˌləʊˈtɛmprᵻtʃə/, U.S. /ˌloʊˈtɛmpə(rə)tʃər/, /ˌloʊˈtɛmp(ə)rəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., temperature n. Etymology: < low adj. + temperature n. 1. Having a low temperature; performed at or characteristic of a low temperature. ΚΠ 1830 T. Thomson Outl. Sci. Heat & Electr. 248 This low temperature vapour is devoid of elasticity. 1886 Science 11 June 528/2 The five series of lines in the low-temperature spectrum of carbo-hydrogen. 1909 Installation News 3 133/2 The low-temperature system of healing by means of convectors. 1935 Economist 29 June 1479/1 The main product of low-temperature carbonisation is a smokeless solid fuel. 2010 Independent 9 July (Viewspaper section) 7/1 The practice of Cryonics (the low-temperature preservation of humans..) may only be pursued by the wealthy. 2. figurative. Free from strong or excessive emotion; not heated or impassioned; restrained. ΚΠ 1956 D. J. Lloyd & H. R. Warfel Amer. Eng. in its Cultural Setting xxi. 357 People who have to handle other people's writing feel a permanent low-temperature antagonism to bad spelling. 1957 R. Hoggart Auden iii. 32 He seems to be aiming not at a widely-acceptable demotic speech but at a low-temperature verse of intelligent observation and comment. 1983 Listener 14 Apr. 27/1 He was a wily, low-temperature prophet, of little imagination and worm's eye philosophy. 2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 26/3 [An] equally low-temperature thriller about the turning of an IRA killer into an informant or ‘tout’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1830
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