English Dictionary

temper

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɛmpə/

動詞

ラテン語由来 廃用 古語

To moderate or control. / To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.

日本語の意味

（感情・行動などを）抑制する、調整する、制御する / 熱処理によって金属などの素材を強化する、あるいは靭性を高める

She tried to temper her excitement before stepping on stage.

彼女は舞台に上がる前に興奮を抑えようとした。

意味（1）

To moderate or control.

Temper your language around children.

意味（2）

To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.

Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature.

意味（3）

(cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.

意味（4）

To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.

意味（5）

To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.

意味（6）

(music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

意味（7）

(obsolete, Latinism) To govern; to manage.

With which the damned ghosts he governeth, / And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth.

意味（8）

(archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.

You fools! I and my fellows Are ministers of fate: the elements Of whom your swords are temper'd may as well Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish One dowle that's in my plume; […]

意味（9）

(archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system.

意味（10）

(obsolete) To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

Thy sustenance […] serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.

tempers （ present singular third-person ）

tempering （ participle present ）

tempered （ participle past ）

tempered （ past ）