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

Special good softness, air permeability, moisture permeability, completely eliminates the other animal down sultry, stiff defects.
特好的柔软度、透气、透湿性能，彻底消除了其他动物绒毛闷热、硬挺的缺陷。
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。
The climax came one sultry August evening.
在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
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。
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。
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。
She threw Carlo a sultry glance.
她色迷迷地瞟了卡罗一眼。
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。
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。