English-Thai Dictionary

drawl

N การ พูด เนิบๆ  การ พูด ลากเสียง  burr brogue kan-phud-neb-neb

 

drawl

VT พูด เนิบๆ  พูด ยานคาง  พูด ลากเสียง  พูด ช้าๆ  lengthen extend prolong syllables phud-neb-neb

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAWL

v.t.To utter words in a slow lengthened tone.

 

DRAWL

v.i.To speak with slow utterance.

 

DRAWL

n.A lengthened utterance of the voice.

 

DRAWLING

ppr. Uttering words slowly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRAWL

Drawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling. ] Etym: [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw, and cf. Draggle. ]

 

Defn: To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

 

DRAWL

DRAWL Drawl, v. i.

 

Defn: To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists... talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.

 

DRAWL

DRAWL Drawl, n.

 

Defn: A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

 

DRAWLATCH

DRAWLATCH Draw "latch `, n.

 

Defn: A housebreaker or thief. [Obs. ] Old Play (1631 ).

 

DRAWLING

DRAWLING Drawl "ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl "ing *ly, adv. Bacon.

 

DRAWLINK

DRAWLINK Draw "link `, n.

 

Defn: Same as Drawbar (b ).

 

DRAWLOOM

DRAWLOOM Draw "loom `, n.

 

1. A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.

 

2. A species of damask made on the drawloom.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drawl

drawl |drôl drɔl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds: [ with direct speech ] : “Suits me fine, ” he drawled. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with unusually prolonged vowel sounds: a Texas drawl. DERIVATIVES drawl er noun, drawl y adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably originally slang, from Low German or Dutch dralen ‘delay, linger. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

drawl

drawl |drɔːl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds: [ with direct speech ] : ‘Suits me fine, ’ he drawled. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with prolonged vowel sounds: a strong Texan drawl. DERIVATIVES drawly adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably originally slang, from Low German or Dutch dralen ‘delay, linger ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

drawl

drawl verb by the time he drawls a complete sentence, I'll be old and gray: say slowly, speak slowly; drone.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

drawl

drawl verb ‘Can't do that, ’ he drawled lazily: say slowly, speak slowly; draw out one's vowels, drone. ANTONYMS gabble.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drawl

drawl /drɔːl /動詞 自動詞 他動詞 (…を ) (通常よりも母音を伸ばして )ゆっくり不明瞭 （ふめいりよう ）に話す (on, out ).名詞 U C 間延びした話しぶり (!米南部発音の特徴とされる ) .