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单词 tempered
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tem•pered /ˈtɛmpɚd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. having a specified temper or disposition:a good-tempered child.
  2. made less intense or violent.
  3. Metallurgyof or relating to iron that has been tempered.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tem•pered  (tempərd),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having a temper or disposition of a specified character (usually used in combination):a good-tempered child.
  2. Music and Dancetuned in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure temperament, esp. tuned in equal temperament.
  3. made less intense or violent, esp. by the influence of something good or benign:justice tempered with mercy.
  4. properly moistened or mixed, as clay.
  5. Metallurgyof or pertaining to steel or cast iron that has been tempered.
  • 1325–75; Middle English; see temper, -ed2, -ed3

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tempered /ˈtɛmpəd/ adj
  1. (of a scale) having the frequency differences between notes adjusted in accordance with the system of equal temperament
  2. (in combination) having a temper or temperament as specified: ill-tempered
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tem•per /ˈtɛmpɚ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a state of mind or feelings;
    habit of mind;
    disposition:[countable]in a bad temper; has a sweet temper.
  2. [uncountable] heat of passion, shown in anger, resentment, etc.
  3. calm disposition;
    composure:[uncountable]to lose one's temper.
  4. Metallurgy[uncountable] the degree of hardness and strength imparted to a metal.

v. [+ object]
  1. to moderate;
    soften or tone down:to temper justice with mercy.
  2. Metallurgyto give strength or toughness to (iron) by heating and cooling:to temper steel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tem•per  (tempər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a particular state of mind or feelings.
  2. habit of mind, esp. with respect to irritability or patience, outbursts of anger, or the like;
    disposition:an even temper.
  3. heat of mind or passion, shown in outbursts of anger, resentment, etc.
  4. calm disposition or state of mind:to be out of temper.
  5. a substance added to something to modify its properties or qualities.
  6. Metallurgy
    • the degree of hardness and strength imparted to a metal, as by quenching, heat treatment, or cold working.
    • the percentage of carbon in tool steel.
    • the operation of tempering.
  7. [Archaic.]a middle course;
    compromise.
  8. [Obs.]the constitution or character of a substance.

v.t. 
  1. to moderate or mitigate:to temper justice with mercy.
  2. to soften or tone down.
  3. to bring to a proper, suitable, or desirable state by or as by blending or admixture.
  4. to moisten, mix, and work up into proper consistency, as clay or mortar.
  5. Metallurgyto impart strength or toughness to (steel or cast iron) by heating and cooling.
  6. Ceramicsto produce internal stresses in (glass) by sudden cooling from low red heat;
    toughen.
  7. Music and Danceto tune (a keyboard instrument, as a piano, organ, or harpsichord) so as to make the tones available in different keys or tonalities.
  8. Fine Artto modify (color) by mixing with a medium.
  9. [Archaic.]to combine or blend in due proportions.
  10. [Archaic.]to pacify.

v.i. 
  1. to be or become tempered.
  • Latin temperāre to divide or proportion duly, temper; (noun, nominal) Middle English: proportion, derivative of the verb, verbal
  • (verb, verbal) Middle English tempren, Old English temprian bef. 1000
temper•a•ble, adj. 
tem′per•a•bili•ty, n. 
temper•er, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nature, condition.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged humor. See disposition. 
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged irritation.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged equanimity, coolness, composure.
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See modify. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
temper /ˈtɛmpə/ n
  1. a frame of mind; mood or humour
  2. a sudden outburst of anger; tantrum
  3. a tendency to exhibit uncontrolled anger; irritability
  4. a mental condition of moderation and calm (esp in the phrases keep one's temper, lose one's temper, out of temper)
  5. the degree of hardness, elasticity, or a similar property of a metal or metal object
vb (transitive)
  1. to make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate: he tempered his criticism with kindly sympathy
  2. to strengthen or toughen (a metal or metal article) by heat treatment, as by heating and quenching
  3. to adjust the frequency differences between the notes of a scale on (a keyboard instrument) in order to allow modulation into other keys
  4. to make such an adjustment to the pitches of notes in (a scale)
Etymology: Old English temprian to mingle, (influenced by Old French temprer), from Latin temperāre to mix, probably from tempus time

ˈtemperable adj ˈtemperer n
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