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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
  他说话噎人，且话不多。
• Beneath the gruff exterior, you're a sap.
  粗犷的外表下，你就是个笨蛋。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。