tempered 音标拼音: [t'ɛmpɚd]
a . 调节了的,缓和的,有…气质的,经回火的
调节了的,缓和的,有…气质的,经回火的
tempered adj 1 :
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment ; "
a sword of tempered steel "; "
tempered glass "
[
synonym : {
tempered }, {
treated }, {
hardened }, {
toughened }]
[
ant : {
unhardened }, {
untempered }]
2 :
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element ;
"
criticism tempered with kindly sympathy " [
ant : {
untempered }]
Temper \
Tem "
per \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Tempered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Tempering }.] [
AS .
temprian or OF .
temper ,
F .
temp ['
e ]
rer ,
and (
in sense 3 )
temper ,
L .
temperare ,
akin to tempus time .
Cf . {
Temporal }, {
Distemper }, {
Tamper }.]
1 .
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 ;
to soothe ;
to calm .
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Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference ,
that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system . --
Bancroft .
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Woman !
lovely woman !
nature made thee To temper man :
we had been brutes without you .
--
Otway .
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But thy fire Shall be more tempered ,
and thy hope far higher .
--
Byron .
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She [
the Goddess of Justice ]
threw darkness and clouds about her ,
that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors . --
Addison .
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2 .
To fit together ;
to adjust ;
to accomodate .
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Thy sustenance . . .
serving to the appetite of the eater ,
tempered itself to every man '
s liking .
--
Wisdom xvi .
21 .
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3 . (
Metal .)
To bring to a proper degree of hardness ;
as ,
to temper iron or steel .
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The tempered metals clash ,
and yield a silver sound .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
To govern ;
to manage . [
A Latinism &
Obs .]
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With which the damned ghosts he governeth ,
And furies rules ,
and Tartare tempereth . --
Spenser .
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5 .
To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly ,
as clay for making brick ,
loam for molding ,
etc .
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6 . (
Mus .)
To adjust ,
as the mathematical scale to the actual scale ,
or to that in actual use .
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Syn :
To soften ;
mollify ;
assuage ;
soothe ;
calm .
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Tempered \
Tem "
pered \,
a .
Brought to a proper temper ;
as ,
tempered steel ;
having (
such )
a temper ; --
chiefly used in composition ;
as ,
a good -
tempered or bad -
tempered man ;
a well -
tempered sword .
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1913 Webster ]
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tempered ":
aged ,
annealed ,
chastened ,
conditioned ,
constrained ,
controlled ,
developed ,
full -
blown ,
full -
fledged ,
full -
grown ,
fully developed ,
hardened ,
heat -
treated ,
hedged ,
hedged about ,
hushed ,
in control ,
in full bloom ,
in hand ,
leavened ,
limited ,
mature ,
mellow ,
mellowed ,
mitigated ,
modified ,
modulated ,
qualified ,
quelled ,
restrained ,
restricted ,
ripe ,
seasoned ,
softened ,
stable ,
subdued ,
toughened
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