gruff

英 [ɡrʌf] 美 [ɡrʌf]

adj.  低沉粗哑的; 生硬的; 冷淡的; 态度生硬的

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BNC.19553 / COCA.16108



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 低沉粗哑的;生硬的
    deep and rough, and often sounding unfriendly
    1. 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

    1. ADJ-GRADED (嗓音)粗哑的,低沉的
      A gruff voice 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。
    2. ADJ-GRADED 粗暴的;脾气坏的
      If you describe someone as gruff, 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

    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。
    2. 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。
    3. He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
      他说话噎人,且话不多。
    4. A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
      粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。
    5. 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。
    6. Don't let his gruff manner put you off.
      别因他粗暴的态度而生气。
    7. 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。
    8. Despitethe politeness of the man's words, his tone sounded gruff and official.
      那人虽然措辞有礼,但语调生硬,官腔实足。
    9. The daddy temperament was gruff, but I understood him, he could find fault intentionally in no way goes to war.
      爸爸脾气是倔了点,但我了解他,他决不会故意找茬打仗。
    10. 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。
    11. He could only roar in a gruff voice.
      他仅能以沙哑的声音吼叫着。
    12. "What's wrong with Tiny, Doc?" he asked in a gruff voice.
      大夫,蒂尼怎么了?他粗声粗气地问。
    13. 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。
    14. His rumpled appearance and gruff voice.
      他那满是皱纹的面孔和粗哑的嗓门。
    15. 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。
    16. 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。
    17. Beneath the gruff exterior, you're a sap.
      粗犷的外表下,你就是个笨蛋。
    18. "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。
    19. Don't be put off by his gruff exterior.
      不要被他粗鲁的外表吓住了。
    20. 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。
    21. 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。
    22. That's less gruff than we talk here, and softer.
      比起我们这儿讲话来,只有那么粗声粗气的,比较柔和些。
    23. 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。
    24. He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
      他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。
    25. 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。
    26. His voice is low and gruff.
      他的嗓音又低又粗。
    27. 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。
    28. 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。
    29. 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。
    30. 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。