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

• "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。
• Don't beput off by his gruff exterior; he's really very kind underneath.
  别介意他表现粗野，其实他心地很善良。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The story sets are based on the following fairy tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Ridinghood, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and the Three Little Pigs.
  故事套装是以金发姑娘和三只熊，小红帽，三只比利山羊和三只小猪等童话故事为基础的。
• His voice is low and gruff.
  他的嗓音又低又粗。