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tempera

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Painting and drawing
tem·pe·ra /ˈtempərə/ noun [uncountable]  AVPa type of paint in which the colour is mixed with a thick liquid 蛋彩画颜料
Examples from the Corpus
temperaAs the varnish dries, so the egg tempera closes up into a perfectly fine line.Walls and ceilings were marble faced or decorated with paintings in fresco, tempera or caustic medium.Areas of bright stucco work have been found over the first layer of tempera.Why not lay in the line of tempera, holding the brush against a straight edge, such as a ruler.Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, with bristle mainly for oils.Turns out tempera contains enticing egg yolk.The money is for fitting out a laboratory dealing with tempera paintings.
Origin tempera (1800-1900) Italian temper, from Latin temperare; → TEMPER2
tem·pe·ra nounChineseSyllable
a of the Corpus which colour mixed paint is type in


tempera
tempera /ˈtempərə/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Italian
 Origin: 'temper', from Latin temperare; temper2
a type of paint in which the colour is mixed with a thick liquid


tem·peraBrE /ˈtempərə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtempərə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a kind of paint in which the colour is mixed with egg and water; a method of painting that uses this kind of paint 蛋彩画颜料(用颜料与鸡蛋和水调和而成);蛋彩画法