drawl

drawl
verb
  1. [no obj.]speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds
    慢吞吞说话，拉长调子讲话
    [with direct speech]‘Suits me fine,’ he drawled.
    “很适合我，”他慢吞吞地说。
noun
  1. [in sing.]a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with unusually prolonged vowel sounds
    慢吞吞的说话方式，拉长调子的口音，拖腔
    a strong Texan drawl.
    浓重的得克萨斯州拖腔。
派生
drawler
noun
drawly
adjective
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: probably originally slang, from Low German or Dutch dralen 'delay, linger'
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