transcription, транскрипция: [ temprətʃə(r) ]
( temperatures)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The temperature of something is a measure of how hot or cold it is.
The temperature soared to above 100 degrees in the shade...
Coping with severe drops in temperature can be very difficult.
N-VAR
2.
Your temperature is the temperature of your body. A normal temperature is about 37° centigrade.
His temperature continued to rise alarmingly.
N-UNCOUNT : oft poss N
3.
You can use temperature to talk about the feelings and emotions that people have in particular situations.
There’s also been a noticeable rise in the political temperature.
N-COUNT : usu sing
4.
If something is at room temperature , its temperature is neither hot nor cold.
Stir the parsley into the potatoes and serve at room temperature.
PHRASE : usu PHR after v , v-link PHR
5.
If you are running a temperature or if you have a temperature , your temperature is higher than it usually is.
He began to run an extremely high temperature...
PHRASE : V inflects
6.
If you take someone’s temperature you use an instrument called a thermometer to measure the temperature of their body in order to see if they are ill.
He will probably take your child’s temperature too.
PHRASE : V inflects