意味(日本語)

気質、機嫌、(いろいろな感情、性質のmix)、混合して適度にする

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)

意味(英語)

• (verb-transitive) To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate: "temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom” ( Robert H. Jackson). See Synonyms at moderate.
• (verb-transitive) To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by or as if by blending, admixing, or kneading: temper clay; paints that had been tempered with oil.
• (verb-transitive) To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.
• (verb-transitive) To strengthen through experience or hardship; toughen: soldiers who had been tempered by combat.
• (verb-transitive) To adjust finely; attune: a portfolio that is tempered to the investor's needs.

例文

• V. ii.253 (512,2) It was a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper] [In the first edition it is, _Isebroke's temper_.

気質、気性(人体中の４種の液の割合によって定まると考えられた)

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)

気性の、おこりっぽい、神経質な

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)

自制、節制、禁酒(適度に控える)

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)

温和な、適度の、節制した

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)

気温、温度、体温、冷熱の状態

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)

調節された

語源

• temper- : L.temperare = to regulate(調節する)