1[countableC, uncountableU]TMT a measure of how hot or cold a place or thing is 温度,气温
The temperature of the water was just right for swimming.
这水温游泳正好。
Water boils at a temperature of 100ºC.
水在100摄氏度沸腾。
2somebody’s temperatureMHHOTthe temperature of your body, especially used as a measure of whether you are sick or not 某人的体温
The nurse took (=measured) my temperature.
护士给我量了体温。
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took ... temperature• I bathed his forehead with a dampcloth and took his temperature as he slept.• This time I took the temperature without incident.• She took my temperature and urged me to drink cup after cup of hot water.• She took Sigarup's temperature and gave him an injection and some pills.
3have a temperature (also be running a temperature) to have a body temperature that is higher than normal, especially because you are sick 发烧
Susie has a temperature and has gone to bed.
苏茜在发烧,上床睡觉了。
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have a temperature• For example, a beaker of water may have a temperature of 50°C but it does not have heat.• There was no improvement; she continued to have a temperature.• If you are feeling unwell, have a temperature or an infection, withdraw.• Scaled to size. dinosaurs would have temperatures reaching from 38.5 to 40.6°C. which would implysevere heat stress.
4[countableC]SITUATION the temperature of a situation is the way people are reacting, for example whether they are behaving angrily or calmly 〔人们反应的〕激烈程度;气氛
The referee’s decision to give a penalty raised the temperature of the match.
裁判判罚点球使比赛气氛紧张了起来。
COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + temperature
high 高的
At high temperatures water is not able to hold as much oxygen.
水在高温下无法保有那么多氧。
low 低的
Temperatures were so low most plants could not survive.
气温很低,多数植物都无法存活。
constant 不变的,恒定的
The temperature of the room is kept constant.
房间温度保持恒定。
extreme temperatures 极端温度
nThe material has to be able to withstand extreme temperatures.
sub-zero temperatures 零下温度
nThey spent six hours on the mountain in sub-zero temperatures.
the air/water temperature 气温/水温
nThe water temperature should be between 60 and 65°F.
somebody's body temperature 某人的体温
nHis body temperature was high and he was dehydrated.
phrases
a rise in temperature/a temperature rise 温度上升
The result was a rise in the Earth's temperature.
结果是地球温度上升。
a drop/fall in temperature 温度下降
At night there is a dramatic drop in temperature.
晚上,气温急剧下降。
a change in temperature 温度变化
The oil is affected by changes in temperature.
油受温度变化的影响。
at room temperature 在室温下
Store the wine at room temperature.
把葡萄酒贮存于室温下。
verbs
the temperature rises 温度上升
The temperature rose steadily throughout the morning.
早上,温度平稳上升。
the temperature soars (=rises quickly to a high level) 温度急剧上升
nIn summer the temperature can soar to over 40°C (104°F).
the temperature falls/drops 温度下降
nLast winter, the temperature fell below freezing on only five days.
raise the temperature 使温度升高
nThe thermostat allows you to raise the temperature.
lower the temperature 使温度降低
nParacetomol lowers your body temperature.
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temperature• Temperatures in the south of the country reached 30 degreescentigrade.• The gasfreezes at a temperature of 180C.• The greenhouse is kept at a constanttemperature of 40C.• This was done by reacting the silver in the alloy with salt at high temperatures, leaving the goldunaffected.• Steel is produced at very high temperatures.• Professionalfilm is stored at a lowtemperature to prevent it from deteriorating.• Seasonbuffalosteaks with salt and pepper to taste and let them rest for 1 hour at room temperature.• The wine can be served at room temperature.• In the eastern Pyrenees the high summertemperature can be oppressive.• It was sunny, but the temperature was well below zero.• The law only holds under certainconditions: The temperature must be constant.• The temperaturesunknear zero and stayed that way for weeks.• The temperature is expected to go down below freezing during the night.• The temperature of the water was just right for swimming.• The temperature of the world's oceans has risen by more than 2 degrees in the past hundred years.• All osmotic pressuremeasurements are extremely sensitive to temperature and must be carried out under rigorously controlled temperature conditions.• The change in water temperatures that drives the weather can be as little as one or two degrees, Ellis said.• You feel very hot - let me take your temperature.
Origintemperature
(1400-1500)Latintemperatura“mixture”, from temperare; → TEMPER2