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

• 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。
• He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
  他说话噎人，且话不多。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
  粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。
• Don't be put off by his gruff exterior.
  不要被他粗鲁的外表吓住了。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。