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
- 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。 - 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。 - Famed fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his gruff assistant Doctor Watson pitch their tent while on a camping expedition, but in the middle of the night Holmes nudges Watson awake and questions him.
著名的侦探福尔摩斯和他的助手华森医生在他们探险的营地搭好了帐篷，到了半夜，福尔摩斯推醒了还在酣睡的华森并问他。 - 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 could only roar in a gruff voice.
他仅能以沙哑的声音吼叫着。 - The daddy temperament was gruff, but I understood him, he could find fault intentionally in no way goes to war.
爸爸脾气是倔了点，但我了解他，他决不会故意找茬打仗。 - 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。 - That's less gruff than we talk here, and softer.
比起我们这儿讲话来，只有那么粗声粗气的，比较柔和些。 - 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。 - 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。