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单词 sultry
释义 sul·try
\-rē, -ri\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: obsolete English sulter to swelter (alteration of English swelter) (I) + English -y
1.
 a. : oppressively hot and humid : sweltering
  < a sultry day >
  < sultry weather >
  < sultry islands >
 b. : burning hot : torrid
  < sultry deserts >
  < a sultry sun >
2.
 a. : hot with passion or anger
  < the meeting disperses with sultry mutterings — J.B.Boothroyd >
  : affected by, exciting, or capable of exciting strong sexual desire : passionate, sensual, voluptuous
  < a sultry actress >
  < wish I could talk as low and throaty and sultry as she does — Calder Willingham >
  < the music was sultry — Thurston Scott >
 b. : lurid, scabrous
  < sultry language >
  < has a number of sultry comments to make about love — Douglas Watt >
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