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gruff

gruff
[英] [grʌf] [美] [ɡrʌf] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED （嗓音）粗哑的，低沉的 A gruff voice 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。

gruffly

  • 'Well, never mind now,' he said gruffly.

    “好吧，现在不用你费心了，”他粗声粗气地说。

2. ADJ-GRADED 粗暴的；脾气坏的 If you describe someone as gruff, 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。

Adjective

1. brusque and surly and forbidding;

  • "crusty remarks"
  • "a crusty old man"
  • "his curmudgeonly temper"
  • "gruff manner"
  • "a gruff reply"

2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;

  • "gruff voices"
  • "the dog's gruff barking"
  • "hoarse cries"
  • "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
1. A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。

来自《简明英汉词典》