temperamental
英 [,temp(?)r?'ment(?)l]
美['t?mpr?'m?ntl]
- adj. 喜怒無(wú)常的；性情的；易興奮的
英英釋意
- 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