no obj.
- speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds慢吞吞地说话, 拉长声调讲话：
with direct speech 'Suits me fine,' he drawled.“很适合我,"他慢吞吞地说。
in sing.
- a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with unusually prolonged vowel sounds慢吞吞拉长声调的讲话方式（或口音、拖腔）：
a strong Texan drawl.
浓重的得克萨斯人的拖腔。
派生词
drawler
noundrawly
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: probably originally slang, from Low German or Dutch dralen 'delay, linger'.