• adj. 闷热的；狂暴的；撩人的

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。

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.

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》