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单词 temperate
释义

temperate /temˈpə-rət/

adjective
  1. Moderate
  2. Self-restrained, esp in appetites and passions
  3. Abstemious
  4. Moderate in temperature, neither very hot nor very cold
transitive verb (obsolete or rare)
  1. To temper
  2. To moderate
  3. To restrain
ORIGIN: L temperātus, pap of temperāre to restrain, modify

temˈperately adverb

temˈperateness noun

temˈperative adjective

Having a moderating influence

temperate phage noun (biology)

A bacteriophage that integrates its genome into that of its host, where it lies dormant for many generations

temperate zones plural noun

The parts of the earth of moderate temperature between the tropics and the polar circles

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