drawl
noun[S]
uk/drɔːl/us/drɑːl/aslowway ofspeakingin which thevowelsoundsare madelongerand words are notseparatedclearly:
说话拉长音,说话拉长调子asouthern/Texan/mid-Atlantic drawl南方/得克萨斯州/中大西洋地区拉长音的说话腔调
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- lilt
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
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drawl
verb[IorT]
uk/drɔːl/us/drɑːl/tospeakin aslowway in which thevowelsoundsare madelongerand words are notseparatedclearly:
[+ speech]"Hey, what's therush? Slow down,baby!" he drawled.
- Then thehulkingman in thetallchairleanstoward hisanxiousguestand drawls, "Do youwannahearwhat Ithink?"
- amiddle-agedTexan with a drawlingwesternaccent
- "Honey, I am toooldand toorich," she drawled.
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- lilt
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Ways of talking