(1) 1)心(性)情(state of mind;mood)[C]：an even～心平氣和;in no～沒有心情;in a good/sweet/foul/rotten/bad～心情愉快/性情溫和/心煩意亂/情緒惡劣/心情不愉快; 2)脾氣，易于發(fā)怒的性情(tendency to become unpleasant (when angry))[C，U]：learn to control one's～學(xué)會(huì)控制自己的脾氣;have a short/quick/nasty/terrible/violent～ 脾氣急躁/急躁/很壞/很可怕/暴躁; have an uncertain～ 脾氣無常;fly/get into a～突然發(fā)脾氣;a fit of～一陣脾氣;in a burst of～生氣，發(fā)怒;You can never be certain of people's～s. 你永遠(yuǎn)也摸不準(zhǔn)別人的脾氣。 keep/lose one's～捺住性子(不發(fā)脾氣);be out of～動(dòng)怒;發(fā)脾氣;〖同〗mood 〖反〗calmness;
(2)硬度，彈性(amount of hardness in metal，glass etc)[U]：the～of steel/the clay 鋼/黏土的硬度