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

• 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。
• The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.
  外面的空气沉滞、潮湿而闷热。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I met her in a sultry summer afternoon.
  我在夏天一个闷热的下午遇见了她。
• In scorching summer it's very sultry.
  酷夏时天气非常闷热。
• 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。