in a (bad, rotten, etc.) temper
发怒,发脾气angry
He's in a (bad) temper today.他今天心情不好。

keep〔lose〕one's temper
忍住〔发〕脾气succeed〔fail〕 in controlling one's anger
I found it hard to keep my temper with so many things going wrong.出了这么多乱子,我很难不发脾气。
She soon lost her temper with him and drove him away.不久她就向他发脾气,把他赶走了。

out of temper
发火的,发怒的angry
The boss was out of temper with him yesterday.昨天老板对他发了脾气。

She has a naturally sweet temper.她生性和蔼可亲。
He had a sudden fit of temper and threw a glass vase at her.他突然大发雷霆,举起一个玻璃花瓶朝她砸去。
He flew into a temper, just because I was a few minutes late.仅仅因为我晚到了几分钟,他就大动肝火。
The temper of the steel is right.这钢的韧度正合适。

temper, character, disposition, nature, personality
参见personality条。

［同义词］   feeling, mood
［词源］＜拉丁语temperare(脾气,回火度)