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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Beneath the gruff exterior, you're a sap.
  粗犷的外表下，你就是个笨蛋。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。