sultry meaning in English
adj.
(-trier; -triest) 闷热的,酷热的;情绪激动的,狂热的,狂暴的;(言语等)激烈的,粗暴的;淫乱的,猥亵的。
adv.
-trily ,-triness n.
Examples
- The day broke hot and sultry .
天亮了,天气又热又闷。 - His attitude was very sultry .
他的态度很粗暴。 - A balmy breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast .
热浪过后,阵阵微风使我们恢复了精力。 - It was a close, sultry day, devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain .
那是一个郁闷酷热的日子,没有阳光,天上却阴霾不雨。 - The pompeians, as all the southern italians, were fond of banishing the light of their sultry skies .
庞贝人同所有意大利的南方人一样,喜欢遮住酷热的阳光。