Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a low-slung voice
English answer:
a voice with a hint/undercurrent of danger
English term
Türkiye
Yirmi yılı aşkın deneyim
Native in: Turkish (Variants: Standard-İstanbul , Izmir, Cypriot) 
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish, English, and 1 more.
a low-slung voice
This is from a science fiction book by Ian Banks.
I am wondering weather the simile here is between her voice and a weapon - like a low-slung gun.
I am not a native speaker and finding this extremely hard to interpret. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance, for your help.
| 4 +2 | a voice with a hint/undercurrent of danger |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 3 +1 | a deep voice |
JohnMcDove
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Mar 27, 2017 15:10: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
a voice with a hint/undercurrent of danger
I also think the "low slung" is this context, where she is actually a good shot, does indeed hint at a weapon, like in the movies of the Old West where hired guns are shown with low-slung weapons, supposedly so they could draw faster (though guns could fall out of holsters when mounting/dismounting) and of course low-slung cars are not just sexy and fast but potentially dangerous as well...
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Note added at 10 hrs (2017-03-26 13:19:35 GMT)
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or maybe "seductive" might work but a "femme-fatale voice" would work in English if you could get an equivalent in Turkish
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mscaccam/Femme Fatale.pdf
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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2017-03-27 15:09:38 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped and that you could find an equivalent
a deep voice
I understand that it refers to a voice that sounds low, for a woman...
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Tony M
: Yes, but the text also says that specifically... Asker is querying about the "low-slung" part
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Yes, given the additional context, and your comments, I get what you mean. But to me, besides any innuendos, "slow, deep voice was knowing and roguish" gets summarized or synthesized as "low-slung". :-)
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acetran
1 day 4 hrs
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Thank you very much, acetran. :-)
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Discussion
Thank you.
Personally, I don't see it as having anything to do with weapons — the idea of a low-lsung gun-belt doesn't really seem to me to remate to a deep voice, especially in a woman; unless, of course, there is anything in your wider context to specifically suggest that.
I think it is more a sort of sexy reference — not only is her voice quite deep, but she uses it, pitches her voice in low, perhaps sultry kind of way. Like wearing a low-cut dress, or wearing jeans low-slung on the hip, perhaps leaving some exposed flesh on her tummy...
This would, I feel, be more consistent with being 'roguish' and to some extent 'knowing' — saying "Would you like a cup of tea?" in a voice that seems to suggest "... or something more?"