mass noun
1- a kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil base, for use on walls or for scene-painting胶画颜料。
1.1
- a method of mural and poster painting using this胶画法。
with obj.［often as adj. distempered］
- paint (something) with distemper用胶画颜料画：
the distempered roof timbers.
用胶画颜料画过的顶梁。
词源
late Middle English （originally as a verb in the senses 'dilute' and 'steep'）： from Old French destremper or late Latin distemperare 'soak'.
mass noun
1
- a viral disease of some animals, especially dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh（动物, 尤指狗的）瘟热。
2
- archaic political disorder〈古〉政治动乱：
an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world's distemper.
说明现代世界政治动乱的道德根源的努力。
词源
mid 16th cent. （originally in the sense 'bad temper'， later 'illness'）： from Middle English distemper'upset， derange'， from late Latin distemperare'soak， mix in the wrong proportions'， from dis- 'thoroughly'+temperare'mingle'. Comapre with TEMPER. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent.