temperature
US: /ˈtɛmpɝətʃɝ/, /ˈtɛmpɹətʃɝ/
UK: /tˈɛmpɹɪtʃɐ/
UK: /tˈɛmpɹɪtʃɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
temperature /'tempritʃə/
- danh từ
- nhiệt độ
- to take someone's temperature: đo (lấy) độ nhiệt cho ai
- to have (run) a temperature: lên cơn sốt
- nhiệt độ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [C, U] (abbreviation temp)
1 the measurement in degrees of how hot or cold a thing or place is: high / low temperatures + a sudden fall / drop in temperature + The temperature has risen (by) five degrees. + Heat the oven to a temperature of 200?C (= degrees centigrade). + Some places have had temperatures in the 40s (= over 40? centigrade). + Keep the wine at room temperature.
2 the measurement of how hot sb's body is: to take sb's temperature (= measure the temperature of sb's body using a special instrument) + Does he have a temperature (= is it higher than normal, because of illness)? + She's running a temperature (= it is higher than normal). + He's in bed with a temperature of 40?.
Compare: FEVER
Idioms: raise / lower the temperature to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation: His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting. + The government tried to lower the political temperature by agreeing to some of the demands.
Collocation dictionary
1 how hot or cold sth is
ADJ.
high, warm
Yesterday the town reached its highest ever February temperature.
| cold, cool, low, sub-zero | moderate | normal | extreme
Avoid exposing the instrument to extreme temperatures.
| boiling, freezing, melting
the boiling temperature of the solvent
| maximum, minimum | average, mean | constant, stable, steady | daytime | daily | summer, winter, etc. | April, July, etc. | global
The increase in the mean global temperature will be about 0.3°C per decade.
| air, sea, water, etc. | ambient, room | oven | body | surface
the surface temperature of our planet
VERB + TEMPERATURE
have
Some places had temperatures in the forties during the heat wave.
| heat sth to, raise
Heat the oven to a temperature of 200°C.
| reduce | reach | control | expose sth to
TEMPERATURE + VERB
go up, increase, rise | drop, fall, go down, plummet
Overnight the temperature fell as low as -30°C.
TEMPERATURE + NOUN
conditions | change, difference, increase, rise | gradient, range, variation
a temperature range of 60?74°F
| control, regulation | measurement | gauge, sensor
PREP.
at ~
Serve the wine at room temperature.
| in a ~
This plant grows well in temperatures above 55°F.
| ~ above/below/between, ~ of
The fish prefer a temperature of 24?27°C.
PHRASES
a change/variation in temperature, a drop in temperature, an increase/a rise in temperature, a range of temperature
2 fever
ADJ.
high | slight
VERB + TEMPERATURE
have, run
She's running a temperature.
| take
The nurse produced a thermometer and took my temperature.
| bring down
They used ice packs to bring down her temperature.
TEMPERATURE + VERB
go up, rise | come down
PREP.
~ of
He's in bed with a temperature of 102.
Concise English dictionary
temperatures'tempərtʃə(r) /-prə-
noun
+the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
+the somatic sensation of cold or heat
