| 释义 |
drawling, ppl. a.|ˈdrɔːlɪŋ|
That drawls.
1597[see drawl v. 1 b]. 1645Milton Colast. Wks. (1847) 225/2 A tedious and drawling tale of burning, and burning, and lust and burning. 1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking 105 Pretty drawling words like these. 1863Hawthorne Our Old Home 173 The drawling, snail-like slothfulness of our progress. 1869Trollope He Knew xxii, He seems to me always to preach very drawling sermons. 1876T. Le M. Douse Grimm's L. §64. 174 A slovenly or drawling pronunciation.
Hence ˈdrawlingly adv.; ˈdrawlingness.
1742Bailey (ed. 10), Draulingly, speaking very slowly. Draulingness, Slowness in Speech. 1834Tait's Mag. I. 643 Blarney sings drawlingly like a street singer. |