temper

美 ['tempər]

英 ['tempə(r)]

复数：tempers 过去分词：tempered 现在分词：tempering

搭配

adj.+n.

bad temper,good temper,hot temper,violent temper,quick temper

v.+n.

lose temper,keep temper

temper

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1.	[c][ususing][u] 脾气；易怒的性情if sb has atemper , they become angry very easily

	a violent/short/quick, etc. temper 烈性子、急性子、火性子等
	He must learn to control his temper . 他得学会捺住性子。
	She broke the plates in a fit of temper . 她一气之下把盘子摔碎了。
	After an hour of waiting, tempers began to fray(= people began to get angry) . 等了一个小时后，大伙儿开始冒火了。

2.	[c][ususing] 怒气；火气；阵怒a short period of feeling very angry

	to fly into a temper 勃然大怒
	She says awful things when she's in a temper . 她一发脾气说话就难听。

3.	[c] 心情；情绪；性情；心境the way that you are feeling at a particular time

	Come back when you're in a better temper. 心情好些时再回来。
	to be in a bad/foul, etc. temper 心情不好、很坏等

4.	有…脾气的；心情…的having a particular type of temper

	good-/bad-tempered 脾气好的╱坏的
	a sweet-tempered child 性情温和的小孩

IDM

	She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him. 她对一位顾客发了脾气，冲着他大喊大叫。
	I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave. 孩子们淘气时，我强捺住性子不发脾气。

lose/keep your temper (with sb)

发脾气；忍住怒火to fail/manage to control your anger

	She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him. 她对一位顾客发了脾气，冲着他大喊大叫。
	I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave. 孩子们淘气时，我强捺住性子不发脾气。

1.	~ sth (with sth) 使缓和；使温和to make sth less severe by adding sth that has the opposite effect

Justice must be tempered with mercy.

法外尚需施恩。

2.	~ sth 使（金属）回火to make metal as hard as it needs to be by heating and then cooling it