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　

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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
  1. Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.
     他外表冷漠，心地却十分善良。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （嗓音）粗哑的，低沉的
  Agruffvoice sounds low and rough.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 粗暴的；脾气坏的
  If you describe someone asgruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad-tempered.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
  粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。
• Pardon me if I sound gruff; I've not a frog in my throat this morning?
  要是我的声音沙哑，请原谅，今天早晨我得了咽喉炎。
• He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
  他说话噎人，且话不多。
• Father bear's gruff boom scares you, and you delight in it.
  熊爸爸粗暴的呼噜声，逗得你又怕又喜。
• His voice is low and gruff.
  他的嗓音又低又粗。
• "Nothing else is normal," he said, sounding simultaneously gruff and sad.
  “什么都没有也很正常。”他带着忿忿和伤心的语气说。
• 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。
• Don't let his gruff manner put you off.
  别因他粗暴的态度而生气。
• 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。
• "What's wrong with Tiny, Doc?" he asked in a gruff voice.
  大夫，蒂尼怎么了？他粗声粗气地问。