gruff /ɡrʌf/ TEM8

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） A gruff voice sounds low and rough. 粗哑的

  例：

  He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.

  他拿起电话等着听主席那粗哑的声音。

• 2.  

  ADV（副词） gruffly

  例：

  "Well, never mind now," he said gruffly.

  “好啦，现在你别管了，”他粗哑地说。

• 3.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you describe someone as gruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad tempered. 脾气差的; 不友好的

  例：

  His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.

  他不友好的外表下藏着一颗最善良的心。