
sultry基本信息
读法:英 ["sʌltrɪ] 美 ["sʌltri]
释义:
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英英释义
Adjective:
"a sultry look"
"a sultry dance"
"the stifling atmosphere"
"the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
中英词源
sultry 闷热的,性感的,风情万种的
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.
词态变化
名词 sultriness;
权威造句
- 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WWw.wENTIYI.COm
- 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》
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记忆方法
记忆:发音:骚吹——骚风吹来——放荡的,淫乱的
1. swelter => sultry.
2. 音:骚吹,骚热的风吹来
3. ultimately from swelter + alteration of -y, either as a contraction of sweltry.
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