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 night was humid and sultry, there was no breeze to stir the coconut trees.
  那天晚上，天气湿热而憋闷，没有一丝微风，椰树一动不动。
• The weather stayed sultry.
  天气持续闷热。
• In the sultry weather people take rest and enjoy chatting under the shadow of podul willow.
  在闷热的天气下，人们都喜爱在杨柳树荫下乘凉及闲谈。
• There is a sultry Bond girl, too, playing the mermaid queen.
  有一个闷热的邦德女郎，也扮演人鱼女王。
• 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。
• Colleagues in the music business praise the distinctive sultry voice which earned Amy Winehouse a worldwide audience.
  音乐节的同行赞誉了她独特动人的嗓音，她的歌声为她赢得了全世界的听众。
• The sultry weather caused us much discomfort.
  闷热的天气导致我们很多的不舒服。
• 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。
• It is sultry rather than warm. It's stifling! I can hardly breathe.
  这天气与其说暖和不如说闷热。天气太闷热了！我都没法呼吸了。
• 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。