英语词汇“temper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-现代词典

noun | verb

tempertemper1 /ˈtɛmpɚ/ ●●○ noun

COLLOCATIONS► has ... a temper

Robin has quite a temper.

► control ... temper

Jill needs to learn to control her temper.

► a bad/quick/violent etc. temper

I wouldn’t argue with him too much – he’s got a short temper.

► Tempers flared

Tempers flared (=people became angry) during the protest.

► in a good/bad/foul etc. temper

She’s been in a bad temper all day.

► fly into a temper

The king would fly into a temper without warning (=become angry very quickly).

1TENDENCY TO BE ANGRY [countable, uncountable] a tendency to become angry suddenly: Robin has quite a temper. Jill needs to learn to control her temper.a bad/quick/violent etc. temper I wouldn’t argue with him too much – he’s got a short temper. Tempers flared (=people became angry) during the protest.2lose your temper (with somebody/something) to suddenly become so angry that you cannot control yourself: I’ve never seen him lose his temper with anyone.3keep your temper to stay calm when it would be easy to get angry: It was hard to keep my temper when she was behaving so badly.4ATTITUDE [singular] formal the general attitude that people have in a particular place at one time SYN mood: temper of Gandhi knew the temper of the country.5EMOTIONAL STATE [singular, uncountable] the way you are feeling at a particular time, especially when you are angry for a short time: in a good/bad/foul etc. temper She’s been in a bad temper all day. The king would fly into a temper without warning (=become angry very quickly). → see also bad-tempered, even-tempered, ill-tempered, -tempered

noun | verb

tempertemper2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYtemper²

Origin: 900-1000 Latin temperare to divide up properly, mix, keep within proper limits, temper

VERB TABLE

temper

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	temper
	he, she, it	tempers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tempered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tempered
	he, she, it	has tempered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tempered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will temper
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tempered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am tempering
	he, she, it	is tempering
	you, we, they	are tempering
Past	I, he, she, it	was tempering
	you, we, they	were tempering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been tempering
	he, she, it	has been tempering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been tempering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be tempering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been tempering

1formal to make something less severe or extreme, especially by adding something that has the opposite effect: temper something with something They have tempered their enthusiasm with common sense.2to make metal as hard as is needed by heating it and then putting it in cold water → see also tempered