1·His speech became increasingly thick and nasal.
他说话变得越来越带口音且鼻音越来越重。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·His voice is high, nasal, and toneless, and his shoulders are stooped, perhaps from years of peering down at patent texts.
他嗓音高,还带鼻音,语调平淡,双肩向前倾,可能是由于多少年来俯身查阅专利文档的闹下的毛病。
3·According to Roberts, Friedman delivered a brief, cutting critique — probably in the same nasal monotone I remember when, decades later, he returned my long-distance calls collect.
按照罗伯茨的说法,弗里德曼用充满鼻音的单调语气发表了简短而尖刻的评语,这种语调恐怕与他数十年后回复我拨打的对方付费长途电话时的语调一模一样。
4·A congenital lip deformity caused him to speak in a nasal, almost unintelligible whisper.
天生的嘴唇畸形致使他说话带有鼻音,耳语般几乎听不大清。
5·There are such words as joy and sorrow, but they are only the burden of a psalm, sung with a nasal twang, while we believe in the ordinary and mean.
现在还有快乐啊,悲哀啊,这种字眼,但这些都只是用鼻音唱出的赞美诗的叠句,实际上我们所信仰的还是平庸而卑下的。