gruff

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɡrʌf]
• 美式音标 [ɡrʌf]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 粗暴的；粗哑的；脾气坏的
• vt. 粗鲁地说；生硬地说
• vi. 粗鲁地说；生硬地说话

同根派生

英汉例句

• 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。
• He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
  他说话噎人，且话不多。
• Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.
  他外表冷漠，心地却十分善良。
• 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。
• 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。

词组短语

短语

• Gruff Stream 墨西哥湾流
• gruff f 粗暴的;不友好的;粗野的
• Nigel Gruff 耐裘·古夫
• Gruff Rhys 格拉夫·瑞斯;表演者
• Gruff Swiftmouthful 格拉夫

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (of a person's voice) low and unfriendly, or (of a person's behaviour) unfriendly or showing no patience

柯林斯英英字典

• A gruff voice sounds low and rough.
• gruffly
• If you describe someone as gruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad tempered.