Temper

(noun.) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; 'his temper was well known to all his employees'.

(noun.) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking.

(noun.) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; 'whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time'; 'he was in a bad humor'.

(verb.) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; 'she tempered her criticism'.

(verb.) adjust the pitch (of pianos).

(verb.) harden by reheating and cooling in oil; 'temper steel'.

录入:罗莎莉

• She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• If the woman's fierce temper once got beyond her control, and once flamed out on me, she might yet say the words which would put the clue in my hands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He rather liked him for it; and he was conscious of his own irritability of temper at the time, which probably made them both quits. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• My Dear: I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• This temper now entered like a virus into the firm, and there were cruel eruptions. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And what a sweet-tempered forehead he has! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She is pretty, and she is good tempered, and that is all. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• You must not be angry with me, my friend, he said volubly; I am like a child, and grow bad-tempered over nothing. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Miret, the short-tempered and kind-hearted bookseller, who had so kindly found me a seat that eventful night in the park. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Jane, I am not a gentle-tempered man--you forget that: I am not long- enduring; I am not cool and dispassionate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,--a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A deficient, ill-tempered, lowering, stupid fellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Your tempers are by no means unlike. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• You do not know what it is to have tempers to manage. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Our tempers certainly did exactly suit each other; and the love must ever predominate on one side, or there will be an end of all stimulus. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• If their skill and their fires will stand it, their tempers won't. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• She and Amy had had many lively skirmishes in the course of their lives, for both had quick tempers and were apt to be violent when fairly roused. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You forget yourself: there is a decided difference in your tempers, I allow. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• If we're all the raw stuff of the cosmic effects, one would rather be the fire that tempers a sword than the fish that dyes a purple cloak. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• In _annealing_ and _tempering_, electricity has also been employed as a means of heating (see patent to Shaw, No. 211,938, February 4, 1879). Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The plate is then taken to be Harveyized by cementation, hardening, and tempering, as seen in Figs. 260, 261, and 262. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Showing a shaft weighing about 33,000 pounds being taken from the vertical heating furnace and suspended over the oil-tank preparatory to being lowered for tempering. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Welding by Electricity, and Tempering and Annealing. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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