drawl
drawl 英 [drɔ:l] 美 [drɔl]
vi. 慢吞吞地说 vt. 慢吞吞地说 n. 慢吞吞拉长调子的说话方式
进行时:drawling 过去式:drawled 过去分词:drawled 第三人称单数:drawls 名词复数:drawls
- A drawl is a distinctively slow, drawn-out way of talking that's especially common in the US south. A writer might describe a cowboy as speaking in a lazy drawl.
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- vi. 慢吞吞地说
- vt. 慢吞吞地说
- n. 慢吞吞拉长调子的说话方式
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1. He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating drawl that was not unpleasant to hear.
他的言谈随意而亲密，低沉犹豫的腔调听起来也并不会让人不悦。
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2. AFTER my uncle Sheldon moved to Dallas, he returned to Brooklyn for a visit flaunting a bolo tie, a splashy pair of cowboy boots and a nascent drawl.
我叔叔谢尔顿搬到达拉斯后，有一天他回到布鲁克林拜访，来炫耀自己的波洛领带，鲜艳的牛仔靴，絮絮叨叨了很久。
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3. "I met Clive at a dinner I hosted for my boss," Rajna says in a refined Eastern European drawl. "He was like a fish out of water and I was concerned, so I got talking with him.
“我是在为我的老板主持的一次晚宴上见到克雷夫的，”劳伊娜用文雅的东欧语调慢慢地说，“他那时就像一条离了水的鱼，他引起了我的注意，我和他交谈起来。
- drawl (v.) 1590s, perhaps from Middle Dutch dralen, East Frisian draulen "to linger, delay," apparently an intensive of the root of draw (v.). Or else a native formation along the same lines. Related: Drawled; drawling. As a noun from 1760.
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