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 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。 - A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - Don't be put off by his gruff exterior.
不要被他粗鲁的外表吓住了。 - 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。 - 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。 - His rumpled appearance and gruff voice.
他那满是皱纹的面孔和粗哑的嗓门。