Word · Frequency #13372
drawls
慢吞吞拖长调子的说话方式
drawls is the plural of drawl.
a slow way of speaking in which vowel sounds are prolonged
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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。
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
In use
He drawled his reply, as if he had all the time in the world.
She always drawls when she is thinking, making everyone wait.
Stop drawling and finish your sentence so we can move on.
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.
她用一种慢悠悠的拖腔讲述自己的经历。
Common mistakes
He speaks with drawl.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。
Connections
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。
Synonyms
- drone
- 低沉单调地说 · drone 强调声音低沉单调，不含刻意的元音延长；比 drawl 更常带贬义。
Learner notes
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”。
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。
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.