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tempered 音標拼音: [t'ɛmpɚd] a. 調節了的,緩和的,有…氣質的,經回火的 調節了的,緩和的,有…氣質的,經回火的 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. [ 1913 Webster] Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. -- Otway. [ 1913 Webster] But thy fire Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] She [ the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate. [ 1913 Webster] Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man' s liking. -- Wisdom xvi. 21. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel. [ 1913 Webster] The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To govern; to manage. [ A Latinism & Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 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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