English Dictionary

sultry

/ˈsʌltɹi/

adj

(weather) Hot and humid. / (weather) Very hot and dry; torrid. / (figuratively) Sexually enthralling.

The sultry weather made it difficult to sleep at night.

意味（1）

(weather) Hot and humid.

Other ſignes of the Hiues fullneſſe and readineſſe to ſwarm are at the Hiue-doore, […] Fourthly, their firſt lying forth in foggy and ſultrie mornings & euenings, & going in again when the aire is cleere.

意味（2）

(weather) Very hot and dry; torrid.

The battlefield—an undulating, parched, and dusty expanse—is lying under the sultry sun of a July afternoon.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Sexually enthralling.

When Chicanos think about us at all, they perpetuate the stereotypes. Gabacho depiction of us as emotionally unchecked, sultry women lusting after pale bodies is just an extension of the fantasy they have about all women. Such dishonest portrayals are why Chicanas are breaking the silence, as Rita Sánchez calls it.