tempered
US: /ˈtɛmpɝd/
UK: /tˈɛmpəd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
temper /'tempə/- danh từ
- tính tình, tình khí, tâm tính, tính
- to have a violent (quick) temper: tính nóng nảy
- tâm trạng
- to be in a bad temper: bực tức, cáu kỉnh
- sự tức giận, sự cáu kỉnh; cơn giận, cơn thịnh nộ
- a fit of temper: cơn giận
- to get (fly) into a temper: nổi cơn giận, nổi cơn tam bành
- to be in a temper: đang lúc giận dữ
- sự bình tĩnh
- to keep (control) one's temper: giữ bình tĩnh
- to be out of temper; to lose one's temper: mất bình tĩnh, nổi nóng, cáu
- tính cứng (của thép...)
- sự nhào trộn (vữa...)
- tính tình, tình khí, tâm tính, tính
- ngoại động từ
- hoà (vôi...), nhào trộn (vữa...)
- tôi (thép...)
- tôi luyện
- làm dịu đi, làm giảm đi, bớt đi; cầm lại, ngăn lại, kiềm chế
- to temper one's impetuosity: kiềm chế được tính hăng của mình
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 mood, disposition, temperament, humour, state or frame of mind, character, personality, nature, make-up, constitution:
Practising law did not suit his temper, so he became a social worker.
2 composure, self-control, self-possession, calmness, equanimity, balance, sang-froid, coolness, Colloq cool:
He would lose his temper if she ever mentioned another man.
3 ill humour, ill temper, foul temper, irascibility, irritability, petulance, volatility, peevishness, huffishness, surliness, churlishness, hotheadedness, hot-bloodedness:
At the first sign of temper, just ignore him.
4 (temper) tantrum, fury, fit (of pique), rage, passion, Colloq Brit wax, paddy:
She went off into a temper at the mere mention of his name.
v.
5 modify, moderate, assuage, mollify, soften, cushion, tone down, allay, soothe, mitigate, palliate, reduce, relax, slacken, lighten, appease:
The cold currents from the poles are tempered by the equatorial waters. She used all her wiles to temper his fury.
6 anneal, toughen, strengthen, harden:
Plunge the heated blade into water to temper it.
Concise dictionary
tempers|tempered|tempering'tempə(r)noun
+a sudden outburst of anger
+a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
+a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
+the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
verb
+toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling
+harden by reheating and cooling in oil
+adjust the pitch (of pianos)
+make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
+restrain or temper
