中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
1.态度生硬的，粗暴的；脾气坏的。
2.声音粗哑的。
短语和例子
as gruff as a bear 粗暴，粗鲁。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
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| deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog''s gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
同义词：hoarse, husky,
| | brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
同义词：crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured,
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例句与用法 | 1. | A gruff voice jars on one 's nerves .
粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经。
| | 2. | He was short, gruff and fiery .
他身材矮小，性情乖戾暴躁。
| | 3. | He gave me a gruff look .
他态度生硬地看了我一眼。
| | 4. | Mr. barkis seemed gruff and answered dryly .
巴奇斯先生的样子好象有气似的，回答的口气也很冷淡。
| | 5. | 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。
| | 6. | Aunt chloe set a chair for her in a manner decidedly gruff and crusty .
克罗大娘没好气地替她搬了把椅子。
| | 7. | Do not be put off by his gruff exterior ; he is really very kind underneath .
别介意他表现粗野，其实他心地很善良。
| | 8. | His gruff father warned, "don't bring home an okinawan or an eta. "
治家严格的父亲嘱咐说：“不能带冲绳人或者贱民进家。”
| | 9. | His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed .
他说话的声音，又粗又大的男高音，增添了他给人的性情暴戾的印象。
| | 10. | An gruff general asked, "who'd want to march into battle with a regiment of japs behind him? "
一个爱找碴儿的将军问道：“敢问哪位愿意背后跟着一串日本佬去上阵？”
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