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单词 temperature
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temperaturenoun

uk/ˈtem.prə.tʃər/us/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.tʃɚ/

temperature noun (HEAT LEVEL)

A2 [ C or U ] the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body:

Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius.
Temperatures have risen over the past few days (= the weather has become warmer).
The doctor examined him and took his temperature (= measured it).
run/have a temperature

A2 to have a higher body temperature than normal and to be ill

More examples

  • The temperature today reached 25°C.
  • Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature.
  • It seems these ants can tolerate temperatures which would kill other species.
  • The fridge keeps food at a constant temperature.
  • Shall I give you the temperature in Celsius or in Fahrenheit?

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Measurements of temperature

  • absolute zero
  • C, c
  • Celsius
  • centigrade
  • dewpoint
  • F, f
  • Fahrenheit
  • fifties
  • forties
  • K, k
  • kelvin
  • mark
  • melting point
  • nineties
  • point
  • seventies
  • teens
  • thirties
  • zero

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Fevers & infectious diseases

temperature noun (OF A SITUATION)

[ U ] If you say that the temperature in a particular situation is rising, you mean that it is likely to become violent because people have become angry:

The temperature of the discussion started to rise as each side added its own arguments.

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Increasing and intensifying

  • -ify
  • a snowball effect idiom
  • accretion
  • accumulate
  • accumulative
  • add fuel to the fire idiom
  • balloon
  • bump
  • dial
  • growing
  • heighten
  • hot up
  • increase
  • multiply
  • pile
  • scale sth up
  • speed-up
  • spurt
  • step
  • step sth up

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