equable

adjective
🔊/ˈekwəbl/
🔊/ˈekwəbl/
(formal)
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  1. calm and not easily upset or annoyed宁静的;平和的;不易恼怒的
    • an equable temperament平和的性情
    • He was in a remarkably equable mood when he spoke to reporters last night.昨晚他对记者讲话时,他的心情异常平和。
  2. (of weather天气) keeping a steady temperature with no sudden changes稳定的;变化小的;温差小的
    • an equable climate温和的气候。
  3. Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fair, equitable’): from Latin aequabilis, from aequare ‘make equal’, from aequus ‘even, level, equal’.