sultry

英 [ˈsʌltri]

美 [ˈsʌltri]

adj.  闷热的; 姿色迷人的; 风情万种的; 性感的

最高级：sultriest　

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BNC.19566 / COCA.15667

牛津词典

adj.

• 闷热的
  very hot and uncomfortable
  1. a sultry summer afternoon
     夏天一个闷热的下午
• 姿色迷人的；风情万种的；性感的
  sexually attractive; seeming to have strong sexual feelings
  1. a sultry smile
     迷人的微笑
  2. a sultry singer
     嗓音撩人的歌手

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 湿热的;闷热的
  Sultryweather is hot and damp.
  1. The climax came one sultry August evening.
     在 8 月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
• ADJ-GRADED 迷人的;撩人的;风情万种的
  Someone who issultryis attractive in a way that suggests hidden passion.
  1. ...a dark-haired sultry woman.
     性感迷人的黑发女郎

英英释义

adj

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  1. the summer was sultry and oppressive
  2. the stifling atmosphere
  3. the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
  Synonym:stiflingsulfuroussulphurous
• sexually exciting or gratifying
  1. sensual excesses
  2. a sultry look
  3. a sultry dance
  Synonym:sensual

双语例句

• The summer was sultry and oppressive; the stifling atmosphere; the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm.
  夏天闷热、压抑；闷热的空气；雷雨前闷热的空气。
• She threw Carlo a sultry glance.
  她色迷迷地瞟了卡罗一眼。
• I hate sultry weather.
  我讨厌闷热的天气。
• I met her in a sultry summer afternoon.
  我在夏天一个闷热的下午遇见了她。
• It is the torrential rain after the sultry summer heat in the house is blown away by mountain wind, or the heavy downpour violently roaring over the sky, driven by flash and thunder.
  这是在，满楼暑气与闷热，被山风吹淡，随之而来的滂沱暴雨，被闪电和雷声驱赶过来，狂啸天际的倾盆大雨。
• It might sound rich but is a good match for sultry weather.
  这听起来可能比较腻，但其实非常适合在闷热的天气里品尝。
• In one vignette, a dancer performs a sultry striptease atop a red couch that is shaped like a pair of lips.
  在光线的晕映中，一名舞者会在一个红色的沙发上表演一段具有挑逗性的脱衣舞，这个红色的沙发的形状看起来像一对嘴唇。
• Samoa's climate is sultry, alternately sunny and rainy, but always hot and humid.
  萨摩亚气候闷热，阳光和雨交替，但始终炎热潮湿。
• The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.
  外面的空气沉滞、潮湿而闷热。
• Summer is sultry. That's the reason why I don't like it.
  夏天太热，这就是为什么我不喜欢夏天。