gruff
gruff 英 [grʌf] 美 [ɡrʌf]
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
名词复数:gruffs 比较级:gruffer 最高级:gruffest
- Gruff is an abrupt or forbidding tone. It's the kind of short, brusque response you'd give a telemarketer who called you in the middle of dinner — right before you hung up.
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- 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
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1. Then, a couple of months ago, I heard Dad’s gruff voice when I called.
后来，也就是两个月前，在打电话时我开始听到爸爸粗哑的声音了：“喂？”
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2. If she is as gruff as President [as she was in civil service], it will be a problem for her.
如果她像总统一样粗暴（就像她在行政部门时），将会对她是个问题。
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3. The gruff tones of Hugo's voice, with an occasional shout when his feelings overcame him, were very impressive, and the audience applauded the moment he paused for breath.
雨果粗哑的嗓音和感情暴发时偶然发出的一声大喝给观众留下极其深刻的印象，他刚停下要歇口气，大家便报以热烈的掌声。
- gruff (adj.) 1530s, of physical things, "coarse, coarse-grained," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grof "coarse (in quality), thick, large," of uncertain origin, regarded by some as related to Old English hreof, Old Norse hrjufr "rough, scabby," with Germanic completive prefix ga-. Of manners, "rough, surly," by 1690s. Related: Gruffness.
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