单词 | out of temper |
释义 | > as lemmasout of temper ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness > proportionate mixture tempera1387 temperament?a1412 temperature1538 contemperature1567 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 75 Þere is helþe, for þe aier is in tempre, noþer to hote noþer to colde. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 246 Als longe as the natural hette duryth in ryght tempure by euenesse of the foure humores. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ix. 86 b The delectable swetenesse of the glorie should be brought to a tempre with the mencion of death. 1573 Treas. Hid. Secrets (1633) xviii Keepe your water in a temper; and, when it is very hot, let it out, and put it in cold water. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 56 For the curinge and keepinge in temper of the bodye. 1607 S. Hieron Back-parts of Iehouah in Wks. (1620) I. 191 It shall be wisedome for vs..to sing of mercy and iudgment too; both together will make an excellent temper. 1622 Relation Eng. Plantation Plimoth, New Eng. 31 To make our peeces and furniture readie, which by the moysture and rayne were out of temper. 1651 T. Stanley Poems 106 As soon as the cup was brought tempered with water, they call on Jupiter..the author of temper and commixtion. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxx. 287 Health it self is but a kind of temper gotten and preserved by a convenient mixture of contrarieties. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 51 To keep their limbs pliable, and in a right temper. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 120 The London Brewer..lets in a parcel of cold Water directly and thereby brings all his Liquor into a Temper at once. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such vi. 117 What is temper? Its primary meaning, the proportion and mode in which qualities are mingled, is much neglected in popular speech.] < as lemmas |
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