gruff
英 [ɡrʌf]
美 [ɡrʌf]
adj. 低沉粗哑的; 生硬的; 冷淡的; 态度生硬的
最高级:gruffest 复数:gruffs 比较级:gruffer
BNC.19553 / COCA.16108
牛津词典
adj.
- 低沉粗哑的;生硬的
deep and rough, and often sounding unfriendly - 冷淡的;态度生硬的
unfriendly and impatient- Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.
他外表冷漠,心地却十分善良。
- Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (嗓音)粗哑的,低沉的
Agruffvoice sounds low and rough.- He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
他拿起电话,心想会听到主席粗哑的嗓音。
- He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
- ADJ-GRADED 粗暴的;脾气坏的
If you describe someone asgruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad-tempered.- His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.
他粗暴的外表下藏着一颗非常善良的心。
- His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.
双语例句
- He could only roar in a gruff voice.
他仅能以沙哑的声音吼叫着。 - Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone.
就在同时我听见了他的声音,粗犷、低沉、沙哑,正在用门廓的电话与什么人通着话。 - She said you were used to all kinds of things-splendours and amusements and excitements. A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
她说你习惯于一切豪华、娱乐和刺激。粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。 - Defarge looked gloomily at his wife, and gave no other answer than a gruff sound of acquiescence.
德伐日阴沉地望了望他的妻子,只哼了一声表示默认,却没说话。 - His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.
他粗暴的外表下藏着一颗非常善良的心。 - He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。 - Although he has a gruff manner, he is really very kind.
虽然他态度粗鲁,其实他心地很好。 - Despitethe politeness of the man's words, his tone sounded gruff and official.
那人虽然措辞有礼,但语调生硬,官腔实足。 - He cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.
它喊道非常粗暴地声音,孩子们逃跑了句号。 - He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
他说话噎人,且话不多。