temperature
noun/ˈtemprətʃər/, /ˈtemprətʃʊr/
[countable, uncountable] (abbreviation temp)
Слово англійською: temperature
Переклад temperature українською: температу́ра, (підви́щена) температу́ра
Детальний опис
- the measurement in degrees of how hot or cold a thing or place is
- high/low temperatures
- cold/warm temperatures
- a drop/rise in temperature
- The temperature has risen (by) five degrees.
- Some places have had temperatures in the 40s (= over 40° centigrade).
- at a temperature Chemical reactions take place more slowly at low temperatures.
- the water/air/surface temperature
- Heat the oven to a temperature of 200°C (= degrees centigrade).
- The climate is generally mild, and freezing temperatures are almost unknown.
- the measurement of how hot somebody’s body is
- to take somebody’s temperature (= measure the temperature of somebody’s body using a special instrument)
- (British English) Does he have a temperature (= is it higher than normal, because of illness)?
- He's in bed with a temperature of 40°.
- When your body temperature rises, your body tries to compensate.
- She's running a temperature (= it is higher than normal).
- They used ice packs to bring down her temperature.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French température or Latin temperatura, from temperare ‘restrain’. The word originally denoted the state of being tempered or mixed, later becoming synonymous with temperament. The modern sense dates from the late 17th cent.
Idioms
raise/lower the temperature
- to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation
- His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting.
- The government tried to lower the political temperature by agreeing to some of the demands.