attemper

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities.
  2. To mitigate, assuage.
    — But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal...
  3. To regulate, arrange, organise. archaic
    — Thus fairely she attempered her feast, / And pleasd them all with meete satietie [...].

词形变化

attempers present,singular,third-person attempering participle,present attempered participle,past attempered past attempre alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
attemperation attemperly attemperment

词源

From Middle English attempren, from Old French atemprer (French attremper), from Latin attemperare. Doublet of attemperate.
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