sultry

英 ['s?ltr?] 美['s?ltri]
  • adj. 悶熱的;狂暴的;淫蕩的

TEM8GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


名詞:?sultriness;

助記提示


記憶:發(fā)音:騷吹——騷風(fēng)吹來——放蕩的,淫亂的
1. swelter => sultry.
2. 音:騷吹,騷熱的風(fēng)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(fēng)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(fēng)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(quán)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(zhèn)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》