adj. 1.态度生硬的，粗暴的；脾气坏的。 2.声音粗哑的。 短语和例子 as gruff as a bear 粗暴，粗鲁。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
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 同义词：hoarse, husky,
brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" 同义词：crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured,
例句与用法
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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。
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He was short, gruff and fiery . 他身材矮小，性情乖戾暴躁。
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He gave me a gruff look . 他态度生硬地看了我一眼。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Do not be put off by his gruff exterior ; he is really very kind underneath . 别介意他表现粗野，其实他心地很善良。
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His gruff father warned, "don't bring home an okinawan or an eta. " 治家严格的父亲嘱咐说：“不能带冲绳人或者贱民进家。”
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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。
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An gruff general asked, "who'd want to march into battle with a regiment of japs behind him? " 一个爱找碴儿的将军问道：“敢问哪位愿意背后跟着一串日本佬去上阵？”
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