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(lái)——放蕩的，淫亂的
1. swelter => sultry.
2. 音：騷吹，騷熱的風(fēng)吹來(lái)
3. ultimately from swelter + alteration of -y, either as a contraction of sweltry.
1. swelter => sultry.
2. 音：騷吹，騷熱的風(fēng)吹來(lái)
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(wàn)種的
來(lái)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(wàn)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(yǔ)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(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The climax came one sultry August evening.
- 在8月一個(gè)悶熱的夜晚，高潮到來(lái)了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. a sultry summer afternoon
- 夏天一個(gè)悶熱的下午
來(lái)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(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上度過(guò)的悶熱的一天.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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(guò)懶散的生活.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》