a sudden short period of angry, unreasonable behaviour, especially in a child （尤指儿童）耍脾气，使性子 to have/throw a tantrum 发脾气 Children often have temper tantrums at the age of two or thereabouts. 儿童在两岁左右经常爱使性子。 🔊🔊 They claimed she threw tantrums and was difficult to work with. 他们说她爱使性子，很难一起工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- temper
- major
- little
- …
- have
- throw
- deal with
- …
Word Originearly 18th cent.: of unknown origin.