n.

1. 情緒；性情，脾氣[C]
   She has a sweet temper.

   她脾氣溫和。

2. 暴躁；怒氣[C][U]
   His father is in a temper today.

   他父親今天在發脾氣。

3. （鋼等的）韌度；回火[U]
4. （皮革的）質地，堅韌性[U]
5. 特徵；傾向，趨勢[the S]
   the temper of modern European poetry

   現代歐洲詩歌的趨勢

6. 勇氣[U]
   The girl gathered her temper and spoke her mind.

   那姑娘鼓起勇氣說出了自己的想法。

7. 冷靜，沉著[U]
   She kept her husband in temper.

   她使丈夫保持冷靜。

vt.

1. 【冶】回火
2. 鍛鍊
   Hardships tempered his will.

   艱難困苦鍛鍊了他的意志。

3. 調和，捏和（黏土等）[（+with）]
4. 使變淡；使緩和；使溫和[（+with）]
   Temper justice with mercy.

   恩威並施。

5. 【音】給（樂器）調音

vi.

1. （金屬）經回火後具有適當的韌度

n.

1. a person's state of mind in terms of their being angry or calm.
2. a tendency to become angry easily.
   ▸an angry state of mind.
3. the degree of hardness and elasticity of steel or another metal.

v.

1. improve the temper of (a metal) by reheating and then cooling it.
   ▸improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by heating it or adding particular substances to it.
2. serve as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to:
   their idealism is tempered with realism.
3. tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly.