Drawl

(noun.) a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels.

(verb.) lengthen and slow down or draw out; 'drawl one's vowels'.

编辑:谢尔顿

• Ye-e-es,' replied Bella, with a drawl of indifference. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Just one hint to you, Lestrade, drawled Holmes before his rival vanished; I will tell you the true solution of the matter. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• With a most supercilious kind of glance, Hum, drawled out Murray, you've not the slightest chance. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Captain Billings, he drawled finally, if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I never heard anything half so severe as _la belle Harriette_, drawled out the duke. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Yaas, to be sure I do, drawled Lord Ingram; and the poor old stick used to cry out 'Oh you villains childs! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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