| 单词 | temperament |
| 释义 | Word Frequency temperament(ˈtɛmpərəmənt, -prəmənt) noun 1. an individual's character, disposition, and tendencies as revealed in his or her reactions 2. excitability, moodiness, or anger, esp when displayed openly an actor with temperament 3. the characteristic way an individual behaves, esp towards other people See also character, personality 4. a. an adjustment made to the frequency differences between notes on a keyboard instrument to allow modulation to other keys b. any of several systems of such adjustment, such as just temperament, a system not practically possible on keyboard instruments, mean-tone temperament, a system giving an approximation to natural tuning, and equal temperament, the system commonly used in keyboard instruments, giving a scale based on an octave divided into twelve exactly equal semitones See also just intonation 5. obsolete the characteristic way an individual behaves, viewed as the result of the influence of the four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) 6. archaic compromise or adjustment 7. an obsolete word for temperature Word origin C15: from Latin temperāmentum a mixing in proportion, from temperāre to temper |
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