temper
US: /ˈtɛmpɝ/
UK: /tˈɛmpɐ/
UK: /tˈɛmpɐ/
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
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing, U] if sb has a temper, they become angry very easily: a violent / short / quick temper + He must learn to control his temper. + She broke the plates in a fit of temper. + After an hour of waiting, tempers began to fray (= people began to get angry).
2 [C, usually sing.] a short period of feeling very angry: to fly into a temper + She says awful things when she's in a temper. + Some small children have terrible temper tantrums.
3 [C] the way that you are feeling at a particular time
Synonym: MOOD
Come back when you're in a better temper. + to be in a bad / filthy / foul temper
4 (-tempered) (in adjectives) having a particular type of temper: good- / bad-tempered + a sweet-tempered child
Help Note: You will find other compounds ending in -tempered at their place in the alphabet.
Idioms: lose / keep your temper (with sb) to fail/manage to control your anger: She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him. + I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave.
Idioms see QUICK adj.
+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (with sth) (formal) to make sth less severe by adding sth that has the opposite effect: Justice must be tempered with mercy. + The hot sunny days were tempered by a light breeze. + His delight was tempered by regret.
2 (technical) to make metal as hard as it needs to be by heating and then cooling it: tempered steel
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.
Collocation dictionary
1 tendency to become angry easily
ADJ.
bad, fierce, fiery, nasty, terrible, vicious, violent | uncontrollable
QUANT.
display, fit, flash, outburst
He broke the chair in a fit of violent temper.
VERB + TEMPER
have
He has a nasty temper.
| control, keep
I only just managed to keep my temper with him.
| fly into, lose
She loses her temper at the drop of a hat (= without good reason).
TEMPER + VERB
flare, rise
Tempers flared as the traffic jam became worse.
| cool (down)
TEMPER + NOUN
tantrum
PREP.
in a ~
She stormed out of the room in a temper.
PHRASES
keep you temper in check/under control
He had to learn to keep his temper under control before he could become a teacher.
2 way you are feeling
ADJ.
bad, filthy, foul, ill, terrible
Peter's comments were responsible for her ill temper.
| good | frayed
Frayed tempers at the end of the match led to three players being se
| uncertain
VERB + TEMPER
improve | recover, regain
She regained her good temper after a chat.
TEMPER + VERB
improve | fray, worsen
PREP.
in a ~
He stormed out of the room in a temper.
PHRASES
not be in the best of tempers
I wasn't in the best of tempers when I arrived at the meeting.
Concise English 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
