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
