1.oppressive a. 難以忍受的
A: The oppressive day is almost killing me.
甲:我快被悶熱死了。
B: Yeah, it's quite different from the forecast.
乙:瞧,這和天氣預(yù)報(bào)說(shuō)的一點(diǎn)也不一樣。
2.boiling a. 極熱的,沸騰的
A: It's boiling out?
甲:外面悶熱得厲害!
B: Is it always as hot as this?
乙:總是這么熱嗎?
3.furnace n. 爐子,熔爐
A:By the way, where is your hometown?
甲:順便問(wèn)一下,你的家鄉(xiāng)在哪兒?
B: Wuhan,one of the famous furnaces, you know.
乙:武漢,有名的火爐之一。
4.heat wage 熱浪
A: The air is too close. I' m hoping for a change.
甲:太悶熱了,希望天氣能有所變化。
B: I' m afraid we'll have another heat wave.
乙:恐怕又有一股熱浪要襲來(lái)了。
5.roast v. 烤,炙
A: I felt like I was roasting.
甲:我覺(jué)得像火烤似的。
B: How shout going out to the beach to cool off?
乙:到海邊去涼快涼快怎么樣?
6.muggy a. 悶熱的,濕熱的
A: It's awfully hot and muggy.
甲:真是又悶又熱。
B: Yeah. I wonder what it's going to be Pike tomorrow.
乙:是啊,不知明天天氣會(huì)怎么樣。
7.sticky a. 粘性的,濕熱的
A: It's rather hot and sticky.
甲:真是又熱又濕。
8: I wonder when it will be nice.
乙:不知道什么時(shí)候天氣才能變好些。
8.sultry a. 悶熱的,酷熱的
A: It has been sultry for a fortnight.
甲:這樣悶熱的天氣已持續(xù)兩周了。
B: But the forecast says it will last another week.
乙:但預(yù)報(bào)說(shuō)這種天氣還要延續(xù)一周。
9.sweltering a. 酷熱的,使熱得發(fā)昏的
A: It's swelteringly hot today. What's the temperature?
甲:今天又悶又熱,溫度多高?
B: It has climbed to 95℉.
乙:升到華氏95度了。
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