英语词汇“distemper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

distemper1

/dɪˈstɛmpə

noun [mass noun]

1A viral disease of some animals, especially dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh.For example, parvovirus, distemper and rabies are diseases that can be vaccinated against....

Will the insurer cover routine wellness care, such as inoculations against distemper, rabies and other diseases?
The canine distemper virus causes a highly contagious disease in dogs known as distemper.

2 archaic Political disorder: an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world’s distemper...

The Hamlet world's distemper, she argues, stems mostly from the way the generational/political life cycle has been upset.
Another reason for stalemate (or decline, as the case may be) in the stock market is the political distemper created by the major political parties.
At the heart of the book is James's description of the democratic temperament, which I take to be a healthy corrective to the distemper that characterizes so much of politics today.

Origin

Mid 16th century (originally in the sense 'bad temper', later 'illness'): from Middle English distemper 'upset, derange', from late Latin distemperare 'soak, mix in the wrong proportions', from dis- 'thoroughly' + temperare 'mingle'. Compare with temper. sense 1 dates from the mid 18th century.

distemper2

/dɪˈstɛmpə

noun [mass noun]

1A kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil base, for use on walls or for scene-painting.The kitchen gleamed from the distemper Dad had painted on its walls in contrasting shades of green and pink....

The walls were painted with a water-based powder distemper, usually in grass green or primrose colour.
Paper was printed by hand using wooden blocks and distemper paint, which dried to a soft, matt finish.

1.1A method of mural and poster painting using distemper.We use camlin water colour for fine painting and distemper in general....

Come a ‘chaste art festival’, then the distemper art rules the roost in major spots.
Many of the artists, most particularly Vuillard, painted these in distemper and left them unlined and unvarnished, making them more fragile than oils on canvas.

verb [with object] (often as adjective distempered)

Paint with distemper: the distempered roof timbers...

At Wissett Lodge, her rented home in Suffolk, she and Duncan distempered the walls a brilliant blue, and dyed the chair-covers with coloured ink.
The bedroom walls were distempered a dark, shiny green, the curtains were green with spots on and the bedspread an uninspiring khaki.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as a verb in the senses 'dilute' and 'steep'): from Old French destremper or late Latin distemperare 'soak'.

单词	distemper
释义	distemper1 /dɪˈstɛmpə / noun [mass noun] 1A viral disease of some animals, especially dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh.For example, parvovirus, distemper and rabies are diseases that can be vaccinated against.... Will the insurer cover routine wellness care, such as inoculations against distemper, rabies and other diseases? The canine distemper virus causes a highly contagious disease in dogs known as distemper. 2 archaic Political disorder: an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world’s distemper... The Hamlet world's distemper, she argues, stems mostly from the way the generational/political life cycle has been upset. Another reason for stalemate (or decline, as the case may be) in the stock market is the political distemper created by the major political parties. At the heart of the book is James's description of the democratic temperament, which I take to be a healthy corrective to the distemper that characterizes so much of politics today. Origin Mid 16th century (originally in the sense 'bad temper', later 'illness'): from Middle English distemper 'upset, derange', from late Latin distemperare 'soak, mix in the wrong proportions', from dis- 'thoroughly' + temperare 'mingle'. Compare with temper. sense 1 dates from the mid 18th century. distemper2 /dɪˈstɛmpə / noun [mass noun] 1A kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil base, for use on walls or for scene-painting.The kitchen gleamed from the distemper Dad had painted on its walls in contrasting shades of green and pink.... The walls were painted with a water-based powder distemper, usually in grass green or primrose colour. Paper was printed by hand using wooden blocks and distemper paint, which dried to a soft, matt finish. 1.1A method of mural and poster painting using distemper.We use camlin water colour for fine painting and distemper in general.... Come a ‘chaste art festival’, then the distemper art rules the roost in major spots. Many of the artists, most particularly Vuillard, painted these in distemper and left them unlined and unvarnished, making them more fragile than oils on canvas. verb [with object] (often as adjective distempered) Paint with distemper: the distempered roof timbers... At Wissett Lodge, her rented home in Suffolk, she and Duncan distempered the walls a brilliant blue, and dyed the chair-covers with coloured ink. The bedroom walls were distempered a dark, shiny green, the curtains were green with spots on and the bedspread an uninspiring khaki. Origin Late Middle English (originally as a verb in the senses 'dilute' and 'steep'): from Old French destremper or late Latin distemperare 'soak'.
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