gruff
adj. (声音)粗哑的; 生硬的; (人的行为)冷淡的; 态度生硬的
A gruff voice sounds low and rough.
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。
If you describe someone as gruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad-tempered.
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。
1. brusque and surly and forbidding;
2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;
He could only roar in a gruff voice.
他仅能以沙哑的声音吼叫着.
His gruff manner made me angry.
他粗暴的态度让我生气.
A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经.
Critics describe a Garbo deep gruff voice like the Alto, with incredible arias like magic.
一位影评家形容嘉宝的声音有如深沉粗哑的女低音, 具有难以置信的咏叹调般的魔力.
But the gruff, burly Rochester insists on getting home unaided although he is in great pain.
然而,阴郁 、 粗鲁的罗切斯特尽管疼痛难忍,却执意不让别人搀扶,要自行回到家里去.