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.
双语例句
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
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.
