1.temperature的基本意思是“温度,气温”,泛指“温度”时,是不可数名词; 其他情况下可用作可数名词; 指不同的温度时可用复数形式。
2.temperature也可指“身体的高烧,发热,发烧”,通常用作单数形式,其前一般有不定冠词a。
take sb's temperature
量体温 measure the heat of sb's body
Let me take your temperature.我来给你量体温。
The nurse took the patient's temperature.护士给病人量了体温。
We called a doctor over, who took his temperature.我们请来医生,给他量了体温。
Then he took my temperature and my pulse.然后他量了量我的体温和脉搏。
The temperature is up 10 degrees today.今日气温上升了10度。
The normal temperature of the human body is 37℃.人的正常体温是摄氏37度。
Do you know the optimum temperature for the growth of plants?你知道植物生长的最佳温度吗?
A cool breeze caused a precipitate drop in the temperature.冷风使温度急降。
There had been a sharp rise in the patient's temperature during the night.夜间病人的体温曾急剧上升。
The food must be kept at a low temperature.食品一定要在低温下保存。
Different solids melt at different temperatures.不同的固体在不同的温度下熔化。
The cooker has several temperature settings.这个电饭煲有几个温度定位档。
The child has a temperature, send for a doctor.孩子发烧了,找个医生来。
If you have got a running temperature you should stay in bed.你要是发烧,就该卧床休息。
1.昨天很热。
[误] The temperature was very hot yesterday.
[正] The temperature was very high yesterday.
热带地区的温度是很高的。
[误] The temperature in the tropics is very hot.
[正] The temperature in the tropics is very high.
[析] temperature指冷热的程度,不能用hot来描述,应该用high或low。
2.她发烧了,感觉不舒服。
[误] She had the temperature and wasn't feeling well.
[正] She had a temperature and wasn't feeling well.
[析] “发烧”可以说 have〔run〕 a temperature,不定冠词 a 不可以改成定冠词 the。
3.护士给他量了体温。
[误] The nurse felt his temperature.
[正] The nurse took his temperature.
[析] “(给…)量体温”可以说 take sb's temperature, take不可以用feel代替。
[词源] <古英语temperatura<拉丁语temperatus(温度)
