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drawls
慢吞吞拖长调子的说话方式
drawls is the plural of drawl.
核心释义
a slow way of speaking in which vowel sounds are prolonged
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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.
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。;慢吞吞拉长调子的说话方式
用法In use
He drawled his reply, as if he had all the time in the world.
用法提示:drawl 作动词(过去式 drawled),表示故意放慢速度、拉长音节说话。
She always drawls when she is thinking, making everyone wait.
用法提示:drawl 作动词(第三人称单数 drawls),描述某人习惯性地拖长声音说话。
Stop drawling and finish your sentence so we can move on.
用法提示:drawling 是 drawl 的动名词形式,在祈使句中指代拖长声调的行为。
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。
in a drawl
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- southern drawl
- 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。
- slow drawl
- 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。
- speak in a drawl
- 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。
- drawl out
- 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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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”。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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