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　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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

In scorching summer it's very sultry.
酷夏时天气非常闷热。
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。
The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.
外面的空气沉滞、潮湿而闷热。
The weather stayed sultry.
天气持续闷热。
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。
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。
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。
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 the sultry weather of that week I longed for a real storm to break and clear the air.
那个星期，天气闷热，我一直希望好好下一场大雨，使空气清新一下。
Her smoky voice and sultry guitar playing has us all hooked.
她沙哑的声音和弹吉他时那性感的方式令人着迷。