闷热 (mēn rè) — sultry, muggy, stuffy (of weather)
Definition
闷热 (mēnrè) means 'sultry, muggy' — hot and humid with no air moving. Distinct from 炎热, which is about intense dry heat; 闷 adds the closed-in, airless feeling.
adjective
sultrymuggystuffy (of weather)
Examples
- 闷热。Jīn tiān mēn rè dé ràng rén chuǎn bú guò qì lái.It's so sultry today that people can't breathe.
- 闷热。mēn rè De wǔ hòu zuì shì hé dài zài kōng tiáo fáng lǐ.Sultry afternoons are best spent in an air-conditioned room.
- 闷热。Nán fāng xià tiān de mēn rè bǐ běi fāng gèng nán shòu.The sultry weather in southern summers is even more unbearable than in the north.
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