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drawl

英 [drɔːl] 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

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词态变化


第三人称单数: drawls;过去式: drawled;过去分词: drawled;现在分词: drawling;

助记提示


1. apparently an intensive of the root of draw.
2. 尾部附加的字母l,就像是拖着的一条长长的尾巴,形象地比喻了、说明了说话的方式。
3. -awl, -rawl 表示那种爬行、拖动、拖行、蔓延、延伸这类含义:crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.

中文词源


drawl 拉长语调

来自draw, 拉。拉长语调音。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Mr. Peter spoke in a soft drawl.
彼得先生说话声音轻柔而缓慢.

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2. His mother was speaking with a slight drawl.
他母亲说话的声音稍稍拖长一下.

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3. She speaks with a Southern drawl.
她讲话带着美国南方人慢吞吞的拉长调子的语气.

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4. By far the most talked - about speech characteristic of Southerners is their drawl.
人们最常提到南方人的说话特点还是他们拉长母音,慢慢说话的态度.

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5. Virginia accent differs distinctly from the slow drawl of South Carolina.
维吉尼亚州的口音就明显地与南卡罗来那州的缓慢、拖尾音之腔调不同.

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