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tantrum
发脾气；耍脾气
a display of bad temper
- 1.
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
常见的孩子气的坏脾气发作
常见的孩子气的坏脾气发作；发脾气；发怒；[医] 暴怒
In use
The child threw a tantrum in the supermarket because his mother wouldn't buy him candy.
After being told to go to bed, the toddler had a loud tantrum that lasted almost an hour.
She sometimes has a tantrum when she doesn't get what she wants, but she calms down quickly.
have a tantrum
The toddler had a tantrum in the middle of the supermarket.
那个幼儿在超市中间发了一通脾气。
throw a tantrum
比 have a tantrum 语气更强，常指突然的情绪爆发。
She threw a tantrum when she was told she couldn't go to the party.
当她被告知不能去参加派对时，她大发脾气。
Common mistakes
He made a tantrum.He had a tantrum.
中文学习者常将‘发’直接译为‘make’，但英语中与‘tantrum’搭配的动词是‘have’或‘throw’，而非‘make’。
She had tantrum.She had a tantrum.
‘tantrum’是可数名词，单数形式前须加不定冠词‘a/an’，不可遗漏。
Connections
Collocations
- throw a tantrum
- 发脾气
- The child threw a tantrum when his mother refused to buy the toy.那孩子因为妈妈不肯买玩具而发脾气。
- have a tantrum
- 大发脾气
- She had a tantrum over the broken phone.她因为手机坏了而大发脾气。
- temper tantrum
- 脾气发作
- The toddler's temper tantrum lasted nearly an hour.那个幼儿的脾气发作持续了将近一个小时。
- toddler tantrum
- 幼儿发脾气
- Toddler tantrums are a normal part of early childhood development.幼儿发脾气是儿童早期发育的正常现象。
- public tantrum
- 当众撒泼
- His public tantrum shocked all the guests at the dinner.他在晚宴上当众撒泼，令所有客人震惊。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：tantrum 的 trum 形似 drum（鼓），想象小孩发脾气时跺脚打鼓、又吵又闹。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面语 tantrum 属于中性词，日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，通常指（常为儿童的）突然发作的脾气或哭闹。它在非正式和较正式场合都可以使用，本身没有明显的俚语或文雅色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
tantrum 重音在第一音节，末尾 -trum 读作 /trəm/。spectrum 的 -trum 也读 /trəm/；album、maximum、forum 的非重读末尾 -um 读 /əm/。注意 drum、strum 虽拼写相近，但重读时读 /drʌm/、/strʌm/，与 tantrum 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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