| 单词 | temperature |
| 释义 | temperature (once / 219 pages) n Temperature refers to how hot or cold something is. When you think you might have a fever, you take your temperature to see if it is higher than normal. Temperature can also mean hotness and coldness in terms of excitement. Before offering a discount on its new one-legged jeans, the clothing manufacturer surveyed 200 loyal customers over the phone, to gauge the likely temperature of the response to their marketing ploy. WORD FAMILYtemperature: temperatures USAGE EXAMPLESQuiet sitting at room temperature is the standard RMR reference point; this is referred to as one metabolic equivalent, or MET. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Chief among them is a re-entry vehicle capable of withstanding extremes of temperature and vibration. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) A strong El Niño brought high temperatures early in the year; a follow-up La Niña cooled things back down. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) Hypo|Hyper absolute temperature temperature measured on the absolute scale absolute zero(cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit Curie point, Curie temperaturethe temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic dew pointthe temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins flash point, flashpointthe lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air freezing point, melting pointthe temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid boil, boiling pointthe temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level mercurytemperature measured by a mercury thermometer room temperaturethe normal temperature of room in which people live simmertemperature just below the boiling point blood heat, body temperaturetemperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperaturethe absence of heat heat, high temperature, hotnessthe presence of heat basal body temperature, basal temperaturebody temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything chill, gelidity, icinesscoldness due to a cold environment chilliness, coolness, nipthe property of being moderately cold frostinesscoldness as evidenced by frost coolthe quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature calefaction, incalescencethe property of being warming fieriness, red heatthe heat or the color of fire torridityextreme heat warmness, warmththe quality of having a moderate degree of heat white heatthe hotness of something heated until it turns white physical property any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions fundamental measure, fundamental quantityone of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement 2n the somatic sensation of cold or heat Hypo|Hyper heat, warmth the sensation caused by heat energy cold, coldnessthe sensation produced by low temperatures comfort zonethe temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations |
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