- sultry weather
- душная погода
Англо-русский морской словарь. Б.Н. Серебрийский. 1946.
sultry weather
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sultry — [[t]sʌ̱ltri[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Sultry weather is hot and damp. [WRITTEN] The climax came one sultry August evening. 2) ADJ GRADED Someone who is sultry is attractive in a way that suggests hidden passion. [WRITTEN] ...a dark haired… … English dictionary
sultry — sul|try [ sʌltri ] adjective 1. ) sultry weather is unpleasant because the air is hot and slightly wet 2. ) a sultry woman is sexually attractive ╾ sul|tri|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sultry — UK [ˈsʌltrɪ] / US adjective 1) sultry weather is unpleasant because the air is hot and slightly wet 2) a sultry woman is sexually attractive Derived word: sultriness noun uncountable … English dictionary
sultry — [ˈsʌltri] adj sultry weather is unpleasant because the air is hot and wet … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sultry — 1590s, oppressively hot, close and moist (of weather), from obs. verb sulter to swelter (1580s), alteration of SWELTER (Cf. swelter). Fig. sense of hot with lust is attested from 1704; of women, lascivious, sensual, arousing desire it is recorded … Etymology dictionary
sultry — ► ADJECTIVE (sultrier, sultriest) 1) (of the weather) hot and humid. 2) displaying or suggesting passion; provocative. ORIGIN from obsolete sulter «swelter» … English terms dictionary
weather — n. 1) to forecast, predict the weather 2) (good) beautiful; clear, fair; dry; fine, good, nice, pleasant; mild; seasonable weather 3) (bad) atrocious, bad, beastly, bleak, foul, gloomy, inclement; threatening; ugly weather 4) (rainy) cloudy,… … Combinatory dictionary
sultry — sul|try [ˈsʌltri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: sulter to be uncomfortably hot (16 17 centuries), from swelter] 1.) weather that is sultry is hot with air that feels wet = ↑humid ▪ a hot and sultry day ▪ Since the rain, the air had become heavy… … Dictionary of contemporary English
weather — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, excellent, fair, fine, glorious, good, great, ideal, lovely, nice, p … Collocations dictionary
sultry — adjective 1 weather that is sultry is unpleasantly hot with no wind 2 a woman who is sultry makes other people feel strong sexual attraction to her: a sultry look sultriness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sultry — adj. Sultry is used with these nouns: ↑heat, ↑weather … Collocations dictionary
