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

• He could only roar in a gruff voice.
  他仅能以沙哑的声音吼叫着。
• She was a somewhat gruff companion on our expeditions.
  她是我们的探险考察途中一个有点儿脾气的旅伴。
• 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。
• 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。
• Underneath that gruff exterior is a very kind person.
  这是一个表面上说话粗暴但心地非常善良的人。
• "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。
• He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
  他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。
• "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。
• His voice is low and gruff.
  他的嗓音又低又粗。
• He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
  他说话噎人，且话不多。