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
- A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。 - "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。 - 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。 - He was gruff with the doctor, afraid to let her see how embarrassed he was.
他对医生很不耐烦，害怕让她发现他有多么窘迫。 - Don't be put off by his gruff exterior.
不要被他粗鲁的外表吓住了。 - 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。 - Don't let his gruff manner put you off.
别因他粗暴的态度而生气。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。