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
- 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。 - His voice is low and gruff.
他的嗓音又低又粗。 - 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。 - Beneath the gruff exterior, you're a sap.
粗犷的外表下,你就是个笨蛋。 - He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
他说话噎人,且话不多。 - Don't be put off by his gruff exterior.
不要被他粗鲁的外表吓住了。 - The short low gruff noise of the kind made by pigs.
猪发出的那种短促、低沉、粗哑的声音。 - Don't let his gruff manner put you off.
别因他粗暴的态度而生气。 - A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。