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）
词态变化
副词: gruffly;
助记提示
1. rough => gruff.
2. ga- (Germanic completive prefix) + rough => gruff.
3. 音：哥 rough，这位大哥很rough
4. 童话故事：《三只坏脾气的山羊》：《The Three Billy Goats Gruff》。
5. 谐音“哥鲁夫”----哥哥是一个粗鲁的家伙----粗鲁的，生硬的；声音粗哑的。
2. ga- (Germanic completive prefix) + rough => gruff.
3. 音：哥 rough，这位大哥很rough
4. 童话故事：《三只坏脾气的山羊》：《The Three Billy Goats Gruff》。
5. 谐音“哥鲁夫”----哥哥是一个粗鲁的家伙----粗鲁的，生硬的；声音粗哑的。
中文词源
gruff 低沉沙哑的，生硬的
词源不详。可能来自拟声词，模仿沙哑的声音。
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
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.
- 他外表冷漠，心地却十分善良。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He could only roar in a gruff voice.
- 他仅能以沙哑的声音吼叫着.
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- His gruff manner made me angry.
- 他粗暴的态度让我生气.
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- A gruff voice jars on one's nerves.
- 粗声粗气的声音刺激人的神经.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
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- 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.
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- The clatter of falling rock was louder, punctuated by the gruff talk of men at work.
- 岩石落下的轰隆声更加响亮, 并不时地被正在干活的人的生硬谈话所打断.
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- Don't beput off by his gruff exterior ; he's really very kind underneath.
- 别介意他表现 粗野,其实他心地很善良.
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- He a gruff manner toward little balck girls.
- 他对黑人小女孩总是态度粗暴.
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- Mr. Barkis seemed gruff and answered dryly.
- 巴奇斯先生的样子好象有气似的,回答的口气也很冷淡.
辞典例句
- That's less gruff than we talk here, and softer.
- 比起我们这儿讲话来,只有那么粗声粗气的, 比较柔和些.
辞典例句
- He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
- 他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中.
《简明英汉词典》
- Carelessness in their tone of voice, often speaking in gruff, antagonistic tones.
- 不注意自己说话的语气, 经常以不悦而且对立的语气说话.
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- He gave me a gruff look.
- 他态度生硬地看了我一眼.
辞典例句
- He was short, gruff and fiery.
- 他身材矮小, 性情乖戾暴躁.
辞典例句
- His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.
- 他说话的声音, 又粗又大的男高音, 增添了他给人的性情暴戾的印象.
英汉文学 - 盖茨比
- The gruff ruffian's ruffled cuff is scuffed in the scuffle with the shuffler.
- 在与洗牌者的混战中,粗暴暴徒的皱袖口被磨破.
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- When he turned the corner he bellowed, in his best gruff voice " the rule is ten! "
- 一转过拐角, 他就用粗哑的嗓子喊道: “ 只能摘10个! ”
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- Don't ask Erica any questions gruff a bear when she answers.
- 不要问埃里卡问题,她回答的语气总是很强硬.
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- Aunt Chloe set a chair for her in a manner decidedly gruff and crusty.
- 克罗大娘没好气地替她搬了把椅子.
辞典例句
- His gruff and deep voice makes him sound like he's roaring.
- 他声音粗厚,说起话来像吼一样.
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- Very difficult to imagine, how won't have the gruff bean such humorous society to develop.
- 很难想像, 一个没有憨豆这样幽默的社会将如何发展下去.
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- I hope there ain't, but I't'Nation sure of that'said the guard, in gruff soliloquy.
- “我 倒 也希望没有问题, 可我他妈的放心不下,”那卫兵粗声粗气地自言自语.
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- Doctors found the cleome a glioma a gruff growth in the supportive tissue of the brain.
- 医生发现了一个神经胶质瘤,在脑部的支持组织上生长.
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- A gruff squire on horseback with shiny topboots.
- 一个粗暴的绅士,足登锃亮的高统马靴,跨在马背上.
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