gruff
adj. (聲音)粗啞的; 生硬的; (人的行為)冷淡的; 態度生硬的
A gruff voice sounds low and rough.
He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
他拿起電話,心想會聽到主席粗啞的嗓音。
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.
他粗暴的外表下藏著一顆非常善良的心。
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.
他僅能以沙啞的聲音吼叫著.
His gruff manner made me angry.
他粗暴的態度讓我生氣.
A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
粗聲粗氣的聲音刺激人的神經.
Critics describe a Garbo deep gruff voice like the Alto, with incredible arias like magic.
一位影評家形容嘉寶的聲音有如深沉粗啞的女低音, 具有難以置信的詠歎調般的魔力.
But the gruff, burly Rochester insists on getting home unaided although he is in great pain.
然而,陰鬱 、 粗魯的羅切斯特儘管疼痛難忍,卻執意不讓別人攙扶,要自行回到家裡去.