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temperamental

英 [,temp(ə)rə'ment(ə)l] 美['tɛmprə'mɛntl]
  • adj. 喜怒无常的;性情的;易兴奋的

英英释意


1. relating to or caused by temperament;
"temperamental indifference to neatness"
"temperamental peculiarities"
2. subject to sharply varying moods;
"a temperamental opera singer"
3. likely to perform unpredictably;
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster