n.

1. 情绪；性情，脾气[C]
   She has a sweet temper.

   她脾气温和。

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

   他父亲今天在发脾气。

3. （钢等的）韧度；回火[U]
4. （皮革的）质地，坚韧性[U]
5. 特征；倾向，趋势[the S]
   the temper of modern European poetry

   现代欧洲诗歌的倾向

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

   那姑娘鼓起勇气说出了自己的想法。

7. 冷静，沉着[U]
   She kept her husband in temper.

   她使丈夫保持冷静。

vt.

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

   艰难困苦锻炼了他的意志。

3. 调和，捏和（粘土等）[（+with）]
4. 使变淡；使缓和；使温和[（+with）]
   Temper justice with mercy.

   恩威并施。

5. 【音】给（乐器）调音

vi.

1. （金属）经回火后具有适当的韧度

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.