Temperature

Definition

temperature /'temprǝtʃǝ(r); US also -tʃƱǝr/ n [C,U] အပူ အေအး ပမာဏ။ အပူခ်ိန္ဒီဂရီ။ keep the house at an even temperature ❍ keep the wine at room temperature ❍ a rise/drop in temperature ❍ Heat the oven to a temperature of 200½C ❍ a climate without extremes of temperature ❍ some places have had temperatures in the 90s (ie over 90½ Fahrenheit). ❏ get/have/run a temperature [ IDM ] ကိုယ္အပူခ်ိန္ တက္သည္။ ဖ်ားသည္။ He was very sick and had/was running a (high) temperature. ❏ take sb's temperature [ IDM ] ကိုယ္အပူခ်ိန္တိုင္းသည္။ The nurse took my temperature twice a day.

Examples

1. It’s stopped snowing here but the temperature is still minus three.
2. [temperature of] : The seeds need a minimum temperature of about 15°C to germinate.
3. [at a temperature] : Make sure that you bake it at the correct temperature.
4. [air/water/ground temperature] : The water temperature is 79°F.
5. [the temperature drops] : Temperatures dropped below freezing last night.
6. [temperatures in the 20s/30s/40s etc] : Southern England was today enjoying temperatures in the high 20s.
7. [the temperature rises] : The temperature rose steadily throughout the day.
8. What’s his temperature?
9. [take someone’s temperature] : She took his temperature and sent him to bed.
10. The temperature of the meeting steadily rose.