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 weather stayed sultry.
  天气持续闷热。
• She threw Carlo a sultry glance.
  她色迷迷地瞟了卡罗一眼。
• Sometimes Albertine's face looks dull and sullen, sometimes glowing and sultry;
  有时艾伯丁的脸看起来沉闷不快，有时又容光焕发风骚迷人；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I met her in a sultry summer afternoon.
  我在夏天一个闷热的下午遇见了她。