tempered

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of temper form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a specified disposition or temper. in-compounds,not-comparable
    — even-tempered
  2. Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals. not-comparable
    — "Not forged!" and snatching Perth's levelled iron from the crotch, Ahab held it out, exclaiming — "Look ye, Nantucketer; here in this hand I hold his death! Tempered in blood, and tempered by lightning are these barbs; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot place behind the fin, where the white whale most feels his accursed life!"
  3. Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass. not-comparable
  4. Moderated or balanced by other considerations. not-comparable
    — The downcast eye, the rosy blush, the retiring grace, are all proper in their season; but modesty, being the child of reason, cannot long exist with the sensibility that is not tempered by reflection.
  5. Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune. not-comparable

词汇关系

反义词
untempered
衍生词
bad-tempered equal-tempered even-tempered evil-tempered foul-tempered good-tempered hot-tempered ill-tempered mild-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered sweet-tempered temperedly temperedness well-tempered

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tempred, itempered, ytempred, ytemprid, from Old English ġetemprod (“tempered, moderate, goverened, cured”), past participle of Old English ġetemprian (“to temper, moderate, govern, cure”), equivalent to temper + -ed.
词源 2
Partly from Middle English temperd, temprede, from Old English temprode, first and third person singular preterit of Old English temprian; and partly from Middle English tempred, i-tempred, from Old English ġetemprod. Equivalent to temper + -ed.
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