| 释义 |
gruff gruff /ɡrʌf/ adjective ► F0 (of a person's voice) low and unfriendly, or (of a person's behaviour) unfriendly or showing no patience: » "If you must," came the gruff reply.» He's quite a sweet man beneath the gruff exterior.Thesaurus+: ↑Describing qualities of the human voiceThesaurus+: ↑Not being friendly , ↑Not saying much , ↑Blunt and direct in speech and behaviourgruffly /-li/ adverb Thesaurus+: ↑Not being friendly , ↑Not saying much , ↑Blunt and direct in speech and behaviourThesaurus+: ↑Describing qualities of the human voicegruffness /-nəs/ noun [U] Thesaurus+: ↑Not being friendly , ↑Not saying much , ↑Blunt and direct in speech and behaviourThesaurus+: ↑Describing qualities of the human voice |