gruff

[美]/ɡrʌf/
[英]/ɡrʌf/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 粗暴的;脾气坏的
vt. 粗鲁地说;生硬地说
vi. 粗鲁地说;生硬地说话
词形变化
比较级gruffer
最高级gruffest
复数gruffs

例句

she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice.

她的嗓音低沉沙哑,有些男性化。

penetrate a fairly gruff exterior and you will find him affable.

透过他相当生硬的外表,你会发现他实际是一个和蔼可亲的人。

He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.

他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。

Her answer was gruff, but her eyes twinkled.

她的回答很粗鲁,但她眨了眨眼睛。

Cathy had been a martyr to her gruff, domineering husband.

凯茜曾经是她那粗暴专横的丈夫的牺牲品。

Eg.For all his gruff heartiness, there must lurk inside him the soul of an evangelical preacher.

尽管他言谈粗犷、热情奔放,在他内心深处显然有个传播福音的灵魂。

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