sultry
英 ['s?ltr?]
美['s?ltri]
- adj. 悶熱的；狂暴的；淫蕩的
TEM8GRE擴展詞匯
詞態變化
名詞:?sultriness;
助記提示
記憶：發音：騷吹——騷風吹來——放蕩的，淫亂的
1. swelter => sultry.
2. 音：騷吹，騷熱的風吹來
3. ultimately from swelter + alteration of -y, either as a contraction of sweltry.
1. swelter => sultry.
2. 音：騷吹，騷熱的風吹來
3. ultimately from swelter + alteration of -y, either as a contraction of sweltry.
中文詞源
sultry 悶熱的，性感的，風情萬種的
來自 swelter,悶熱，-y,形容詞后綴。用于比喻義形容女子性感的，風情萬種的等。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.
- 外面的空氣沉滯、潮濕而悶熱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The climax came one sultry August evening.
- 在8月一個悶熱的夜晚，高潮到來了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a sultry summer afternoon
- 夏天一個悶熱的下午
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. My mind travelled back to a hot sultry day in the little town.
- 我的思緒回到從前在這個小鎮上度過的悶熱的一天.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
- 熱帶悶熱的氣候使得游客只能過懶散的生活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》