drawl

名词 drawl:

1. a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

动词 drawl:

1. lengthen and slow down or draw out

1. A Southern drawl.
   南方人拉长调子的话音
2. Suppose you ask a guy where he's from and with a deep southern drawl he tell you he's from New York.
   例如你问某人是哪儿人，他会拖着深沉的南方长音告诉你说他是纽约人。
3. He speaks with a languid drawl.
   他慢吞吞拉着长调说话。

drawl

v.（动词）
drawled,drawl.ing,drawls
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels.
拉长调说话：说话时将元音拉长
v.tr.（及物动词）
To utter with lengthened or drawn-out vowels:
拉长了元音发出：
例句：
.We-e-ell,. the clerk drawled.
.这个嘛….，职员拉长了调子说

n.（名词）
The speech or manner of speaking of one who drawls:
拉长调子的说话方式或说出的话：
例句：
a Southern drawl.
南方人拉长调子的话音

来源：
Probably from Low German drauelen [to loiter, delay]
可能源自 低地德语 drauelen [徘徊，拖延]

【引伸】
drawl.er
n.（名词）