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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
  • n. 格拉夫(英国珠宝品牌)

英英释意


1. brusque and surly and forbidding;
"crusty remarks"
"a crusty old man"
"his curmudgeonly temper"
"gruff manner"
"a gruff reply"
2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;
"gruff voices"
"the dog's gruff barking"
"hoarse cries"
"makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
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