drawl something
动词用法:表示拉长声音缓缓说出(词句等)。
He drawled his name.
他慢吞吞地说出自己的名字。
慢吞吞拖长调子的说话方式
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
慢吞吞拖长调子的说话方式
a slow way of speaking in which vowel sounds are prolonged
He drawled his name.
他慢吞吞地说出自己的名字。
一种慢速说话的方式,特点是拉长元音、词语连读,常见于美国南部及澳大利亚、新西兰和苏格兰的部分口音。
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand, and Scots.
He drawled his reply, as if he had all the time in the world.
他慢吞吞地拉长声音回答,仿佛他有的是时间。
She always drawls when she is thinking, making everyone wait.
她思考时总是慢吞吞地拖长音,让大家等着。
Stop drawling and finish your sentence so we can move on.
别拖长声调了,把话说完,我们好继续。
动词用法:表示拉长声音缓缓说出(词句等)。
He drawled his name.
他慢吞吞地说出自己的名字。
名词用法:常用 in a drawl 表示以拖腔慢吞吞说话的方式。
She told her story in a slow drawl.
她用一种慢悠悠的拖腔讲述自己的经历。
Not this
He speaks with drawl.
Use this
He speaks with a drawl.
drawl 作名词时是可数名词,表示“拖长调子的说话方式”,单数形式前需要冠词 a/an;汉语没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉 a,所以应补上 a。
Not this
He drawls my attention.
Use this
He draws my attention.
drawl 意为“慢吞吞地说”,与 draw 的第三人称单数 draws 拼写相近但意义不同;表示“吸引注意力”要用 draw(draws),不能用 drawl,二者容易混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
美国南方式的慢吞吞拉长调子
He answered in a slow southern drawl.
他用慢吞吞的美国南方拖长调回答。
慢吞吞的拖长调子
Her slow drawl made the story sound even longer.
她慢吞吞拖长的调子让故事听起来更长了。
拖长调子说话
The professor spoke in a drawl that put half the class to sleep.
教授拖长调子说话,让班里一半的人都睡着了。
拖长声音说出;拉长调子说
She drawled out each syllable as if she were singing.
她拖长声音说每个音节,好像是在唱歌。
Use drawl naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把drawl读成“dr-aw-l”,每个音都拖长,正如词义“慢吞吞拉长调子说”。
语域:neutral 常见场景:叙事描写、人物对话转述 drawl 作名词指“慢吞吞拉长调子的说话方式”,作动词指“慢吞吞地说、拉长调子说”。两者语体相近,语气中性,通常用于叙事或口语描述中,正式与非正式场合都可以出现,没有明显的褒贬色彩。
这些词与 drawl 押韵,都读 /ɔːl/:crawl, brawl, shawl, ball, call, tall。注意 drawl 的拼写像 draw + l,但 draw /drɔː/ 没有结尾的 /l/ 音;droll /drəʊl/ 拼写相近但元音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.