contemper

abbr. contemporary

发音

/kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/

词形变化

contempered contempering contempers 三单 contempers contempering 现在分词 contempered 过去式 contempered 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.

    废旧 及物

词源

Borrowed from Latin contemperō, from con- + temperō (“to temper”). Compare contemperate.

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