sultry

英 ['sʌltrɪ] 美 ['sʌltri]
  • adj. 闷热的;狂暴的;撩人的

中文词源


sultry 闷热的,性感的,风情万种的

来自 swelter,闷热,-y,形容词后缀。用于比喻义形容女子性感的,风情万种的等。

英文词源


sultry (adj.)
1590s, "oppressively hot, close and moist" (of weather), ultimately from swelter + alteration of -y (2), either as a contraction of sweltry or from obsolete verb sulter "to swelter" (1580s), alteration of swelter. Figurative sense of "hot with lust" is attested from 1704; of women, "lascivious, sensual, arousing desire" it is recorded from 1940. Related: Sultriness.

双语例句


1. The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.
外面的空气沉滞、潮湿而闷热。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The climax came one sultry August evening.
在8月一个闷热的夜晚,高潮到来了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a sultry summer afternoon
夏天一个闷热的下午

来自《权威词典》

4. My mind travelled back to a hot sultry day in the little town.
我的思绪回到从前在这个小镇上度过的闷热的一天.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
热带闷热的气候使得游客只能过懒散的生活.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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